What is in the box in Rear Window?
Towards the end of Rear Window, we find out Thorwald dug up what was buried beneath the flowers, as the neighbors' dog got too inquisitive. He moved what he dug up to a hat box in his apartment.
What did he dig up?
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The police apprehend Thorwald, who confesses that he deposited most of his wife’s body in the East River, except for her head, which he first buried in the garden and then packed in a hatbox.
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Why was the dog killed in Rear Window?
He believes Thorwald buried something in the flower bed and killed the dog because it was digging there. When Thorwald leaves, Lisa and Stella dig up the flowers but find nothing. Much to Jeff's amazement and admiration, Lisa climbs up the fire escape to Thorwald's apartment and clambers in through an open window.Where was the body in Rear Window?
Another policeman reports that Thorwald has confessed to murder; as Jeff suspected, he cut up Mrs. Thorwald's body and disposed of it in the East River. There was actually something buried in the flowerbed, but the dog got "too inquisitive", so he moved it to a hatbox in his apartment.What did Mr Thorwald bury?
After he kills his wife, he cuts off her body parts and buries them in various places. He buries her ring in the back yard, and it was nearly dug up by a dog that belonged to one of his neighbors.What is Jeff in Rear Window?
"Jeff" Jefferies is a fictional photographer and the main character from the 1954 mystery-thriller Rear Window. He was played by actor Jimmy Stewart.Rear Window - Hitchcock's Manipulation
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