Friday, September 12, 2014

# 33 Rear Window (1954)

Rear Window is a 1954 American suspense thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written by John Michael Hayes and based onCornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "It Had to Be Murder". Originally released by Paramount Pictures, the film stars James Stewart,Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter and Raymond Burr. It was screened at the 1954 Venice Film Festival.

The film is considered by many filmgoers, critics and scholars to be one of Hitchcock's best. The film received four Academy Awardnominations and was ranked #42 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies list and #48 on the 10th-anniversary edition. In 1997, Rear Windowwas added to the United States National Film Registry.

Directed byAlfred Hitchcock
Produced byAlfred Hitchcock
Screenplay byJohn Michael Hayes
Based on"It Had to Be Murder"
by Cornell Woolrich
StarringJames Stewart
Grace Kelly
Wendell Corey
Thelma Ritter
Raymond Burr
Music byFranz Waxman
CinematographyRobert Burks
Edited byGeorge Tomasini
Distributed byParamount Pictures
(1954-1983)
Universal Pictures
(1983-present)
Release dates
  • September 1, 1954
Running time112 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1 million
Box office$36,764,313



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