A Hitchcock masterpiece! A bored photographer recovering from a broken leg passes the time by watching his neighbours and begins to suspect one of them of murder.
L.B. Jefferies (James Stewart) sees what he believes to be a murder while gazing out of his window and decides to solve the crime himself. With the help of his girlfriend Lisa (Grace Kelly), he tries to catch the murderer without being killed himself. He takes to watching the inhabitants across the courtyard, first with binoculars, later with his camera and gradually fleshes out the crime, drawing others into his intrigue until the film culminates in a perfect hero/villain showdown. The camera never strays from inside Jefferies’ apartment, and every shot is closely aligned with his point of view. This is perhaps the most elegant and satisfying of Alfred Hitchcock’s thrillers and the one which most reveals the director himself.
USA 1954 Alfred Hitchcock 112m
