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Rear Window
Alfred Hitchcock’s masterly thriller stars James Stewart as an invalided photographer who spots something fishy outside his rear window.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Overview
James Stewart spots something fishy going in the apartment across the courtyard, in Alfred Hitchcock’s masterly thriller. Not just a smart and spellbinding suspense thriller, but also a wry comment on the voyeuristic pleasures of cinema itself, Rear Window is a multi-layered delight and a genuine masterpiece.
Ranked joint 38th in the 2022 Sight and Sound Great Films of All Time poll
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