台詞精選&Trivia

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麗莎: What's he doing? Cleaning house?
Jeff: He's washing and scrubbing down the bathroom walls.
Stella: Must've splattered a lot.
[both Jeff and 麗莎 look at Stella with disgust]
Stella: Come on, that's what were all thinkin'. He killed her in there, now he has to clean up those stains before he leaves.
麗莎: Stella... your choice of words!
Stella: Nobody ever invented a polite word for a killin' yet.

麗莎: I wish I were creative.
Jeff: You are. You're great at creating difficult situations.

Jeff: When am I going to see you again?
麗莎: [angry] Not for a long time...
[softening]
麗莎: at least not until tomorrow night.

Trivia

All of the sound in the film is diegetic, meaning that all the music, speech and other sounds all come from within the world of the film [with the exception of non-diegetic orchestral music heard in the first three shots of the film].

The picture was shot on a specially constructed set that took 50 men two months to build and cost somewhere between $75,000 and $100,000. In order to get the scale right, the soundstage floor had to be removed so the courtyard could be built in a former storage space in the basement. Therefore Stewart's apartment, which appears to be on the second floor, was actually at street level. The set included 31 apartments, of which 12 were fully furnished. The whole thing became a marvel that visitors to the studio were eager to see, and it was featured in magazine spreads while shooting was still in progress.

Alfred Hitchcock worked closely with Edith Head on the costume designs, being sure to give the more distant characters a very specific look, not only so audiences could always identify them but also to point up their connection to the main characters. For example, Miss Lonelyheart was given emerald green outfits to identify her, and because 麗莎 later appears in a green suit, Miss Lonelyheart's romantic woes are linked to the story's examination of 麗莎 and Jeff's problematic relationship.

Cinematographer Robert Burks devised a system using a camera with a telephoto lens mounted on a crane to bring the camera close enough to film small details through the windows across the courtyard.