THE ASTOR REVIEW

Alfred Hitchcock’s atmospheric and amusing thriller about a photographer, laid up with a broken leg and confined to his apartment. He whiles away the days be voyeuristically scanning his neighbours with a telephoto lens becoming obsessed with the notion that he has witnessed a murder across the courtyard. Anita Paul

IMDB SYNOPSIS

Professional photographer L.B. Jeff Jeffries breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Confined to his New York apartment, he spends his time looking out of the rear window observing the neighbors. He begins to suspect that a man across the courtyard may have murdered his wife. Jeff enlists the help of his high society fashion-consultant girlfriend Lisa Freemont and his visiting nurse Stella to investigate.