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Are you interested in solving this case or making me look foolishWell if possible bothThen do a good job of itGo over there and search Thorwald's apartmentIt must be knee deep in evidenceI can't do
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Rear Window

Then make sure you don't get caught, that's all. If you find something, you have a murder....

L.B. Jefferies:Are you interested in solving this case or in making me look foolish?Tom Doyle:Well, if possible, both.L.B. Jefferies:Well then, do a good job of it. Go over there and search Thorwald's apartment. The whole place must be knee-deep in evidence.Tom Doyle:I can't do that.L.B. Jefferies:No, I mean not right now. Just wait for a while until he goes out later for drink or a paper or something. What he doesn't know won't hurt him.Tom Doyle:I can't do that even if he isn't there.L.B. Jefferies:Why not? Does he have a courtesy card from the local police department?Tom Doyle:Now don't get me angry. This is America. Not even a detective can just walk into an apartment and search it. Why, personally, if I was caught in there, they'd have my badge within 10 minutes.L.B. Jefferies:Then make sure you don't get caught, that's all. If you find something, you have a murder. They'd probably not care very much about a few broken house rules. If you don't find anything, the fellow's clear

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Are you interested in solving this case or making me look foolish
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Well if possible both
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Then do a good job of it
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Go over there and search Thorwald's apartment
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It must be knee deep in evidence
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I can't do that
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I don't mean right now but when he goes out for a drink
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or a paper or something What he doesn't know won't hurt him
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I can't do that even if he isn't there
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What's he
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Does he have a courtesy card from the police department or something
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Now don't get me mad
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Not even a detective can walk into an apartment and search it
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If I were caught in there they'd have my badge within ten minutes
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Make sure you don't get caught that's all
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If you find something you've got a murderer
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and they don't care about a couple of house rules
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If you don't find anything the fellow's clear
Available in 7 languages
Duration
45 seconds
Views
782
Timestamp in Movie
00:58:12
Uploaded
Feb 20, 2026
Genres
mystery, thriller
Production
Paramount Pictures,Patron Inc.

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Movie Summary

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window, and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend.
By tomorrow morning there may not be any evidence leftover in that apartment you know thatIt's a detective's nightmareWhat do you need before you can searchTell me now what do you needBloody footsteps leading up to the doorOne thing I don't need is - Rear Window 00:23
By tomorrow morning there may not be any evidence leftover...
Oh so anything you need JeffYou might send me a good detective - Rear Window 00:06
Oh so anything you need JeffYou might send me a good...
- Oh, by the way, where's the gin? - Rear Window 00:05
- Oh, by the way, where's the gin?
Much faster, and swing the left arm up. - Rear Window 00:13
Much faster, and swing the left arm up.
- "Hello? - Rear Window 00:32
- "Hello?
There's somebody at the door, - Hi. - Rear Window 00:10
There's somebody at the door, - Hi.
- What'd you do to your hair? - Rear Window 00:08
- What'd you do to your hair?
He doesn't seem to be in any hurry. - Rear Window 00:34
He doesn't seem to be in any hurry.
- I wonder where he's going. - Rear Window 00:15
- I wonder where he's going.
What doesn't - Rear Window 00:29
What doesn't
Why a woman going anywhere but the hospitalwould always take make up perfume and jewellery - Rear Window 00:09
Why a woman going anywhere but the hospitalwould always take...
I'd like to see your friend's face when we tell him. - Rear Window 00:47
I'd like to see your friend's face when we tell...
You said I'll have to live out of one suitcase. - Rear Window 00:32
You said I'll have to live out of one suitcase.
Where does a man get inspiration to write a song like thatWell he gets it from the landlady once a month - Rear Window 00:10
Where does a man get inspiration to write a song like...
I wish I could be creative Oh sweetie you areY Y You have a great talent for creating difficult situations - Rear Window 00:10
I wish I could be creative Oh sweetie you areY Y You have a...
What else have you got on this man Thorwald? - Rear Window 00:28
What else have you got on this man Thorwald?
How do you do We think Thorwald's guilty - Rear Window 00:05
How do you do We think Thorwald's guilty
- Hello. - Lieutenant doyle, Yeah, he's right here. - Rear Window 00:52
- Hello. - Lieutenant doyle, Yeah, he's right here.
Lars Thorwald is no more a murderer than I amYou can explain everything that's going on over thereNo and neither can youThat's a secret private world you're looking into out therePeople do a lot of things in private they couldn't do in publicLike - Rear Window 00:26
Lars Thorwald is no more a murderer than I amYou can explain...
What about the knife and the sawDid you ever own a saw Well at home in the garage I hadHow many people did you cut up with it - Rear Window 00:11
What about the knife and the sawDid you ever own a saw Well...