This is a story about a door-to door jewelry salesman, Lars Thorwald and his extremely ill wife and a single man who is a traveling photographer, L. B. Jefferies, who spies on his neighbors due to his boredom while he is stuck in his apartment due to an accident which caused him to break his leg and now he is immobilized for a couple of months. While peering at several of his neighbors, he has memorized each of their daily routines and one particular couple peaks his interest. Although Jefferies notices the daily routine of the husband going in daily to check on his wife, the blinds are always open. One day he notices that the couple have what may appear to him as an argument, the blinds have been closed that night in the bedroom from that point for a few days and there is no activity from the wife, she seems to have disappeared permanently from Jefferies daily view. The inactivity of Mrs. Thorwald sparks Jefferies interest, he believes that Mr. Thorwald murdered his wife, Mrs.
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Many adaptations took place from the book to film. For instance, in the short story Jefferies day man/assistant, Sam, was his personal spy. Sam did all the legwork that Jefferies could not do himself, in the in the film his nurse, Stella and girlfriend, Lisa both plays the role similar to Sam’s role, but with an exciting and suspenseful twist. The film also opens with the story of why Jeff is bottled up in his apartment confined to a wheelchair due to having a broken leg that led him to become a ‘Peeping
Many adaptations took place from the book to film. For instance, in the short story Jefferies day man/assistant, Sam, was his personal spy. Sam did all the legwork that Jefferies could not do himself, in the in the film his nurse, Stella and girlfriend, Lisa both plays the role similar to Sam’s role, but with an exciting and suspenseful twist. The film also opens with the story of why Jeff is bottled up in his apartment confined to a wheelchair due to having a broken leg that led him to become a ‘Peeping