Is “Disturbia” just a modern copy (not cheap) of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 “Rear Window”? It sure is, according to a lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court on Monday.

DreamWorks, Viacom Inc. and Universal Pictures are accused of copyright infringement and breach of contract for producing the 2007 thriller, starring Shia LaBeouf, without being granted permission by the copyright holders, the lawsuit filed by the Sheldon Abend Revocable Trust said.

Famous filmmaker Steven Spielberg is also named as a defendant, as he served as executive producer for the movie that allegedly stole the plot of the Alfred Hitchcock classic and the 1942 short story upon which it was based, “Murder from a Fixed Viewpoint,” by Cornell Woolrich, according to Reuters.

“Disturbia” grossed approximately $80 million at the U.S. box office, but the revenue was not shared with the estate of the late Sheldon Abend, who bought the rights to Cornell Woolrich’s short story after the author died in 1968, the lawsuit said.

Alfred Hitchcock and actor James Stewart acquired the motion picture rights to the story in 1953, thus the lawsuit claims that DreamWorks should have done the same thing.

“What the defendants have been unwilling to do openly, legitimately and legally, (they) have done surreptitiously, by their back-door use of the ‘Rear Window’ story without paying compensation,” the lawsuit read.

However, a spokesman for Steven Spielberg refused to comment, while reps for Viacom and NBC Universal were not immediately available for comment.