Rear Window.

L. B. "Jeff" Jefferies (Stewart) is confined to a wheelchair in his Greenwich Village apartment to recuperate. Jeff's sophisticated, beautiful socialite girlfriend, Lisa Fremont (Grace Kelly) visits him regularly, as does his insurance company's nurse, Stella (Thelma Ritter) Jeff is reluctant to settle down and marry Lisa. Jeff becomes convinced that Lars Thorwald (Burr) has murdered his wife. A neighbor's dog is found dead, its neck broken, and Jeff confronts Thorwald. Lisa climbs fire escape to Thorwald's apartment and clambers in through an open