Rear Window

Released: 1954
Mystery
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: James Stewart, Grace Kelley
Running Time: 112 minutes
Rated: PG

The breakdown: Based on a short story, a photographer with a broken leg is bound to his apartment with nothing else to do but stare out his window and sees a murder.

So I finally sat down and watched the classic that I'd heard so much about.  After viewing it, I can easily say it's the first true and only mystery movie I think I've ever seen.  It's well written, very interesting, and keeps you wondering what's happening until the very end.

So Stewart plays a professional photographer who's wheelchair bound in his New York apartment waiting for a cast to be removed from his leg.  He has nothing else to do but look out his rear window to watch his neighbors.  Eventually he stumbles upon what he thinks might be a murder, but he sees no actual crime and no body.  He soon ropes in his girlfriend and his nurse to help him investigate.

Filled with mystery and a big build up, the ending is satisfying.  I now understand why it's a classic and why it's received so much attention, not to mention the excellent ratings.

SEE IT if you haven't.  It's a treat.

5 out of 5 for being a fantastic story.  I'd watch it all over again too.