114 minute running time so Hitchcock probably could have trimmed about 15 minutes off, but this is considered a classic, deservedly so. The value of war buddies, Princess Grace slumming in Greenwich Village, burly Raymond Burr as bad guy. Recommended, “green go.”

Vinny Canby wrote in 1983 that the movie is still a joy. He makes the good point that: “Air-conditioners would mean closed windows, and ‘Rear Window’ is completely dependent on open windows.”