# Rear Window - Hitchcock version

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 14, 2009, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rear-window-hitchcock-version/513755 "2009-10-14T06:15:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rear-window-hitchcock-version/513755/41 "2009-10-18T05:50:13Z")

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> [@Tamerlane](#):
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> I’m not sure you can call Maureen O’Sullivan the aggressor ( probably not, relative to her He-Man partner ), but I remember _Tarzan and His Mate_ as being comparatively sex-soaked ( for 1934 ) and it came off to me as a completely mutual objectification, if you will - they seemed _very_ in to each other.

Yes, also pre-Code, if you’ve seen the restored version. (It was recut after the Code came into effect and the steamier scenes were only put back relatively recently.)

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**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rear-window-hitchcock-version/513755/42 "2009-10-18T06:17:38Z")

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> [@lissener](#):
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> Yes, also pre-Code, if you’ve seen the restored version.

I assume so - it was on TCM and had the skinny-dipping scene, which if they cut anything, I’d imagine would have been the first to go ;). I was actually surprised at how risque it was, even for pre-Code. Even aside from the body-doubled nudity, Maureen O’Sullivan’s skimpy outfit was barely covering anything and Weismuller’s wasn’t much more modest. Plus they just oozed sex ( and affection ).

But then again I’ve only seen a double-handful of pre-Code films ( mostly the famous ones ) so I’m probably not the best judge. Actually, I think the only one I currently own is _The Thin Man_ with its chronic boozing ( hey, O’Sullivan again - I love O’Sullivan! ).

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