Un reportero fotográfico, obligado a permanecer en reposo con su pierna escayolada, procura escapar al tedio de su convalecencia contemplando desde la ventana de su apartamento el otro lado del patio.

Perversely playing with our imaginations, Hitch orchestrates this exhilarating triumph of suspense around an immobilised Jimmy Stewart—using a camera as an extension of his own body. One of the most influential films of all time, and a sublime celebration of cinema as the ultimate act of voyeurism.