Rear Window

Alfred Hitchcock's classic film Rear Window stars James Stewart as "Jeff" Jeffries, an adventurist photographer whose newly broken leg makes for a string of boring days alone in his apartment. When he begins casually looking in on his neighbors with binoculars, he soon becomes convinced he has witnessed a murder, and enlists his model girlfriend (played by Grace Kelly) to help investigate.

Fast Facts

1. Filmed: 1954
2. Starring: Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly
3. Co-Starring: Raymond Burr and Thelma Ritter
4. Received 4 Oscar nominations
5. Grace Kelly's second of three appearances in a Hitchcock film
6. No. 42 on the American Film Institute's Top 100 Films List
7. 1998 remake starred Christopher Reeve three years removed from his paralyzing horseback riding accident

Another Hitchcock Cameo

Director Alfred Hitchcock usually made fleeting cameo appearances in his films, and Rear Window was no exception. He managed to cast himself as a man winding a clock in the background of the apartment belonging to the songwriter who spends the film working on a recurring tune.

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