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The Window (1949)

Directed by Ted Tetzlaff

Drama | Film Noir | Mystery

Most recently watched by sleestakk, krazykat

Overview

An imaginative boy who frequently makes things up witnesses a murder, but can’t get his parents or the police to believe him. The only people taking him seriously are the killers - who live upstairs, know that he saw what they did, and are out to permanently silence him.

Length 73 minutes

Actors

Bobby Driscoll | Barbara Hale | Arthur Kennedy | Paul Stewart | Ruth Roman | Richard Benedict | James Nolan | Anthony Ross | Tom Coleman | Lloyd Dawson | Carl Faulkner | Budd Fine | Eric Mack | Lee Phelps | Carl Saxe | Brick Sullivan | Charles Flynn | Ken Terrell | Lee Kass | Johnny Kern | Tex Swan

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
08/18/2012Movie ScreenFilmTheater8.5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

The best of the three films I watched at Noir City, though Phantom Lady was a very close second, The Window is full of excellent on-location cinematography, including some great NYC night scenes.

There is a shot, from the top of the elevated train station stairs, that is almost identical to a shot in Phantom Lady (and probably lots of other NYC based movies over the years).

The final chase scenes are full of excellent tension and again are really well shot. It was a treat to see a restored 35 mm print of this film.

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