Rear Window is a 1954 (1954 in film) American suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written by John Michael Hayes and based on Cornell Woolrichs 1942 short story "It Had to Be Murder". Originally released by Paramount Pictures, the film stars Jimmy Stewart (James Stewart (actor)) as a photographer who spies on his neighbors while recuperating from a broken leg; Grace Kelly as his girlfriend; Thelma Ritter as his nurse; Wendell Corey as a police detective; and Raymond Burr as one of the neighbors.

The film is considered by many film-goers, critics, and scholars to be one of Hitchcocks best. It received four Academy Award nominations, was added to the United States National Film Registry in 1997, and was ranked #48 on AFIs 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition).