Rear Window

It Had to Be Murder is a fitting name for a story for an Alfred Hitchcock movie to be based on. Jimmy Stewart plays a wheelchair-bound photographer who coincidentally witnesses the murder of a neighbor and must prove it. He must now enlist the help of his love interest to solve the case. This film put Hitchcock on the map as one of the all-time talented directors and for very good reason.

Production

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Produced by Alfred Hitchcock

Screenplay by John Michael Hayes

Based on It Had to Be Murder by Cornell Woolrich

Starring: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr

Music by Franz Waxman

Cinematography by Robert Burks

Edited by George Tomasini

Production company: Patron Inc.

Distribution & Stats

Distributed by Paramount Pictures

Release date: September 1, 1954 (US)

Running time: 112 minutes

Country: United States

Language: English

Budget: $1 million

Box office: $36.8 million