---
title: 'Rear Window (1954)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alfred Hitchcock'
released: '1954-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 112
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/rear-window-1954'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047396/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Rear Window (1954)

1954 · PG · 112 min · Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Rear Window is a 1954 American mystery thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by John Michael Hayes, based on Cornell 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 in competition for the Golden Lion.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alfred Hitchcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-hitchcock)
- **Producer:** [Alfred Hitchcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-hitchcock)
- **Screenplay:** [Cornell Woolrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/cornell-woolrich), [John Michael Hayes](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-michael-hayes)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Franz Waxman](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-waxman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert Burks](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-burks)
- **Editor:** [George Tomasini](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-tomasini)

## Cast

- [Thelma Ritter](https://cinepixo.com/people/thelma-ritter)
- [Fred Graham](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-graham)
- [Marla English](https://cinepixo.com/people/marla-english)
- [Alfred Hitchcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-hitchcock)
- [Kathryn Crosby](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathryn-crosby)
- [Gig Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/gig-young)
- [Wendell Corey](https://cinepixo.com/people/wendell-corey)
- [James Stewart](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-stewart)
- [Raymond Burr](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-burr)
- [Bess Flowers](https://cinepixo.com/people/bess-flowers)
- [Frank Cady](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-cady)
- [Grace Kelly](https://cinepixo.com/people/grace-kelly) as Lisa Carol Fremont
- [Ross Bagdasarian Sr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/ross-bagdasarian-sr)
- [Georgine Darcy](https://cinepixo.com/people/georgine-darcy)
- [Judith Evelyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/judith-evelyn)

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