Hitchcock’s technical tour-de-force is at once a study in voyeurism, a reflection of watching movies and a brilliant thriller.

Stuck in an apartment with a broken leg, a photojournalist (James Stewart) takes to observing his neighbours’ routines and comes to suspect a murder may have taken place. But how to investigate further?

Undoubtedly one of Hitchcock’s greatest movies, this witty, thrilling and brilliantly inventive adaptation of a Cornell Woolrich short story offers a psychologically astute, richly nuanced exploration of voyeuristic tendencies.

[Source: Geoff Andrew, BFI]

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