Quotes from Rear Window (1954)

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Grace Kelly
Lisa: I'm not much on rear window ethics.
- Grace Kelly (as Lisa Carol Fremont) in Rear Window (1954)

Grace Kelly
Lisa: Jeff, you know if someone came in here, they wouldn't believe what they'd see? You and me with long faces plunged into despair because we find out a man didn't kill his wife. We're two of the most frightening ghouls I've ever known.
- Grace Kelly (as Lisa Carol Fremont) in Rear Window (1954)

Grace Kelly
Lisa: Tell me exactly what you saw and what you think it means.
- Grace Kelly (as Lisa Carol Fremont) in Rear Window (1954)

Grace Kelly
Lisa: The last thing Mrs. Thorwald would leave behind would be her wedding ring. Stella, do you ever leave yours at home?
Stella: The only way somebody would get that would be to chop off my - finger. Let's go down to the garden and find out what's buried there.
Lisa: Why not? I always wanted to meet Mrs. Thorwald.
- Grace Kelly (as Lisa Carol Fremont) in Rear Window (1954)

Grace Kelly
Lisa: Well, if there's one thing I know, it's how to wear the proper clothes.
- Grace Kelly (as Lisa Carol Fremont) in Rear Window (1954)

Grace Kelly
Lisa: Why would Thorwald want to kill a little dog? Because it knew too much?
- Grace Kelly (as Lisa Carol Fremont) in Rear Window (1954)

Thelma Ritter
[regarding Jeff's telephoto lens]
Stella: Mind if I use that portable keyhole?
- Thelma Ritter (as Stella) in Rear Window (1954)

Thelma Ritter
Detective: [referring to what was buried in Thorwald's flower bed] It's over in his apartment. In a hat box. Wanna look?
Stella: Oh, no thanks - I don't want any part of her.
- Thelma Ritter (as Stella) in Rear Window (1954)

Thelma Ritter
Jeff: [shivering as cold alcohol is poured on his back before a rubdown] Say, don't you ever heat that stuff up?
Stella: Aw, it gives your system something to fight against.
- Thelma Ritter (as Stella) in Rear Window (1954)

Gig Young
Jeff: I get myself half killed for you and you reward me by stealing my assignments.
L.B. Jefferies' Editor: I didn't ask you to stand in the middle of that automobile racetrack.
Jeff: You asked for a, something dramatically different. You got it.
L.B. Jefferies' Editor: So did you.
- Gig Young (as L.B. Jefferies' Editor) in Rear Window (1954)

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