While the film Rear Window is based on the short story “It Had to Be Murder”, there are several differences between them. The first major difference is the characters. In the film, the main character L.B. Jeffries, who is a photographer that temporarily dons a cast due to an incident that occurred in one of his past assignments. In the short story, there is little mentioned about Jeffries. In fact, the only thing we know about the Jeffries in the story is that he is temporarily in a cast. We don’t know why he’s in a cast or what his occupation exactly is. This is an important difference because Jeffries’s occupation plays a huge role in the film. Lisa and Stella also are different compared to their roles in the short story. In the short story,