Rear Window

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film mystery film suspense film thriller film

Rear Window is a 1954 suspense thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, centered on a wheelchair-bound photographer who suspects his neighbor of murder while spying on his apartment courtyard.

Aliases (1)

Rear Window (1954 film) ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film → mystery film → suspense film → thriller film →
artDirectionBy	Hal Pereira → Joseph MacMillan Johnson →
basedOn	It Had to Be Murder →
basedOnAuthor	Cornell Woolrich →
cinematographyBy	Robert Burks →
countryOfOrigin	United States of America → surface form: "United States"
director	Alfred Hitchcock →
distributor	Paramount Pictures →
editedBy	George Tomasini →
femaleLeadCharacter	Lisa Fremont →
femaleLeadPortrayedBy	Grace Kelly →
genre	mystery → suspense → thriller →
hasColorProcess	Technicolor →
leadCharacter	L. B. Jeffries →
leadCharacterOccupation	photographer →
leadCharacterPortrayedBy	James Stewart →
musicBy	Franz Waxman NERFINISHED →
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay → Academy Award for Best Cinematography → Academy Award for Best Director → Academy Award for Best Sound → surface form: "Academy Award for Best Sound Recording"
originalLanguage	English →
plotSummary	A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder. →
preservedIn	National Film Registry →
producer	Alfred Hitchcock →
productionCompany	Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions →
recognizedBy	National Film Registry →
registrySelectionReason	aesthetically significant → culturally significant → historically significant →
releaseYear	1954 →
runtimeMinutes	112 →
screenwriter	John Michael Hayes →
setIn	Greenwich Village → New York City NERFINISHED →
starring	Grace Kelly → James Stewart → Raymond Burr → Thelma Ritter NERFINISHED → Wendell Corey →
theme	ethics of watching → surveillance → urban isolation → voyeurism →

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Alfred Hitchcock → directed → Rear Window →

Alfred Hitchcock → notableWork → Rear Window →

Edith Head → notableWork → Rear Window →

Grace Kelly → notableWork → Rear Window →

James Stewart → notableWork → Rear Window →

Thelma Ritter → notableWork → Rear Window →

Raymond Burr → participatedIn → Rear Window →

this entity surface form: "Rear Window (1954 film)"