Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece Rear Window, starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly and Raymond Burr, was released across the US September 1, 1954. It premiered in Los Angeles, New York City and Atlantic City in August. It is considered by many people to be Hitchcock's best movie.
It was nominated for four Academy Awards. The National Film Registry of the Library of Congress was selected for preservation as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
The American Film Institute has included Rear Window as #42 in its 100 Years...100 Movies; #14 in AFI's 100 years...100 Thrills; and #3 in AFI's Top 10 Mysteries.
