Based on a short story "Rear window" by Cornell Woolrich.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1954.

Accompanying booklet contains production notes.

Special features: an original documentary ; featurette: "A conversation with screenwriter John Michael Hayes" ; production photographs ; re-release trailer narrated by James Stewart ; the script ; DVD-ROM features include access to the original script and other related materials.

Director of photography, Robert Burks ; editor, George Tomasini ; music, Franz Waxman ; art direction, Joseph MacMillian Johnson, Hal Pereira ; costume designer, Edith Head.

James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr.

As a photographer with a broken leg, Stewart takes up the fine art of spying on his Greenwich Village neighbors during a summer heat wave. Things really begin to get hot when he suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife and buried the body in a flower garden. He actively enlists the help of his girlfriend to investigate the highly suspicious chain of events. Events that ultimately lead to one of the most memorable and gripping endings in film history.

"None of Hitchcock's films has ever given a clearer view of his genius for suspense than 'Rear Window'. When professional photographer J.B. 'Jeff' Jeffries is confined to a wheelchair with a broken leg, he becomes obsessed with watching the private dramas of his neighbors play out across the courtyard. When he suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife, Jeffries enlists the help of his glamorous socialite girlfriend to investigate the highly suspicious chain of events ... events that ultimately lead to one of the most memorable and gripping endings in all of film history."--Container.

MPAA rating: PG.

DVD ; Dolby digital, 2.0 mono. ; dual layer ; NTSC, Region 1 encoding ; 1.66:1 anamorphic widescreen.

English or French dialogue, Spanish subtitles ; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.