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A magazine photographer, housebound on account of a broken leg, becomes voyeur to the apartment building facing his rear window for lack of anything to do. Soon, he draws his visiting girlfriend in on the thrill and eventually they witness a murder in progress that gets them into hot water.
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Drama, Thriller and Adaptation |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 52 min. |
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| Release Date: |
August 1, 1954 Nationwide |
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| MPAA Rating: |
PG |
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| Distributors: |
Paramount Pictures, USA Films
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$1,559,601 |
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| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade:
A
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Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert
"Here's a film about a man who does on the screen what we do in the audience--look through a lens at the private lives of strangers." more...
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A |
New York Times, Vincent Canby
"Its appeal, which goes beyond that of other, equally masterly Hitchcock works, remains undiminished." more...
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A |
ReelViews, James Berardinelli
"One of the most engrossing, and, in its own way, groundbreaking, studies of voyeurism..." more...
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A |
Salon, Charles Taylor
"...surely one of Alfred Hitchcock's best entertainments..." more...
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A |
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