Q 01/05

In Rear Window, where did Jeff break his leg?

A) Ski slope

B) Racetrack

C) Fire escape

D) Battlefield

Answer · why

B) Racetrack

A racetrack: on assignment, he stood in the middle of it for a dramatic view of a motor race, and a wheel flew off a skidding car. The 1954 film revea...

Q 02/05

In Rear Window, who plays the laid-up hero, L. B. 'Jeff' Jefferies?

A) Cary Grant

B) James Stewart

C) Gregory Peck

D) Henry Fonda

Answer · why

B) James Stewart

James Stewart was a partner in the film as well as its star. He and Hitchcock set up the company that produced it, and he worked for a share of the pr...

Q 03/05

In Rear Window, who plays Jeff's socialite girlfriend, Lisa Fremont?

A) Tippi Hedren

B) Eva Marie Saint

C) Kim Novak

D) Grace Kelly

Answer · why

D) Grace Kelly

Grace Kelly won that year's Best Actress Oscar, though not for this glamorous part. The Academy honoured her for playing a careworn wife in The Countr...

Q 04/05

In Rear Window, what is Jeff's profession?

A) Architect

B) Private detective

C) Photojournalist

D) Insurance investigator

Answer · why

C) Photojournalist

Photojournalist Jeff insists that Lisa is too pampered for his rough life on the road. He thinks again when she climbs a fire escape in high heels to ...

Q 05/05

In Rear Window, which New York neighborhood is home to Jeff's apartment?

A) Greenwich Village

B) Harlem

C) The Upper East Side

D) Brooklyn Heights

Answer · why

A) Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village really has such a courtyard: the film's set was modelled on one at 125 Christopher Street. The address given on screen, 125 West Nin...