<P> Jeff phones Doyle and leaves an urgent message . Stella heads for the police station to post bail for Lisa . When his phone rings, Jeff assumes it is Doyle, and says that the suspect has left the apartment . When no one answers, Jeff realizes that Thorwald himself had called, and is heading over to confront him . When Thorwald enters, Jeff repeatedly sets off his camera flashbulbs, temporarily blinding him . However, Thorwald grabs Jeff and manages to push him out of the open window, as Jeff is yelling for help . Police officers enter the apartment as he falls to the ground; other officers have run over to break his fall . Thorwald confesses to the police soon afterward . </P> <P> A few days later, the heat has lifted, and Jeff rests peacefully in his wheelchair, now with casts on both legs . The lonely neighbor is chatting with the pianist in his apartment, the dancer's lover returns home from the army, the couple whose dog was killed have a new dog, and the newly married couple are bickering . </P> <P> Lisa reclines on the daybed in Jeff's apartment, wearing jeans and apparently reading a book titled Beyond the High Himalayas . As soon as Jeff falls asleep, Lisa puts the book down and happily opens a fashion magazine . </P> <Ul> <Li> James Stewart as L.B. "Jeff" Jefferies </Li> <Li> Grace Kelly as Lisa Carol Fremont </Li> <Li> Wendell Corey as NYPD Det . Lt. Thomas "Tom" J. Doyle </Li> <Li> Thelma Ritter as Stella </Li> <Li> Raymond Burr as Lars Thorwald </Li> <Li> Judith Evelyn as Miss Lonelyhearts </Li> <Li> Ross Bagdasarian as the songwriter </Li> <Li> Georgine Darcy as Miss Torso </Li> <Li> Frank Cady and Sara Berner as the husband and wife, living above the Thorwalds, with their dog </Li> <Li> Jesslyn Fax as sculptor neighbor with a hearing aid </Li> <Li> Rand Harper and Havis Davenport as the newlywed couple </Li> <Li> Irene Winston as Mrs. Anna Thorwald </Li> </Ul>

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