Rear Window (1954): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

• The screenplay, which was written by John Michael Hayes, was based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story It Had to Be Murder.
• The film was made with a budget of $1 million ($12 million in 2025), and grossed $27 million during its initial release ($324 million in 2025).
• At one point, the voice of Bing Crosby can be heard singing "To See You Is to Love You," originally from the 1952 Paramount film Road to Bali.
• Nearly 30 years after the film's initial release, Roger Ebert reviewed the re-release by Universal Pictures in October 1983, after Hitchcock's estate was settled.
• Director Alfred Hitchcock makes his traditional cameo appearance in the songwriter's apartment, where he is seen winding a clock.
• Although veteran Hollywood composer Franz Waxman is credited with the score for the film, his contributions were limited to the opening and closing titles and the songwriter's piano tune ("Lisa").
• Meticulous details in the filming also include such effects as the opposite building seen reflected in Jefferies' camera lens.
• Rear Window is shot almost entirely from within one room and from the point-of-view outside the window.

Source: Wikipedia

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