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The Window is a 1949 American black-and-white film noir, based on the short story "The Boy Cried Murder" (reprinted as "Fire Escape") by Cornell Woolrich, about a lying boy who witnesses a killing but is not believed.
The Window: Directed by Ted Tetzlaff. With Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart, Ruth Roman. To avoid the heat of a sweltering summer night a 9-year-old Manhattan boy decides to sleep on the fire escape and witnesses a murder, but no one will believe him.
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- Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
- Ted Tetzlaff
- 1949-05-21
Named best mystery film of the year by the Mystery Writers of America, The Window (1949) is often overlooked by modern audiences. The film, an urban variation on "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" theme, spins a tense, 73-minute tale about a young boy who witnesses a murder.
When young Tommy (Bobby Driscoll) sneaks out of his bedroom and onto the fire escape of his tenement building, he sees two neighbors, Joe (Paul Stewart) and Jean Kellerson (Ruth Roman),...
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- Bobby Driscoll
- Ted Tetzlaff
- RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
At the age of 9, Tommy Woodry has a reputation for telling tall tales -- the latest one being that his family is moving from Manhattan to a ranch out west. When the landlord interrupts the Woodrys at dinner to show their about-to-be-vacated apartment, the Woodrys tell Tommy enough is enough.
Synopsis, historical analysis, personnel profiles, contemporary reviews, and discussion of the film The Window, released in 1949 by RKO Radio Pictures, starring Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart, Ruth Roman and Bobby Driscoll, and directed by Ted Tetzlaff.
The Window is a 1949 American black-and-white film noir, based on the short story "The Boy Cried Murder" (reprinted as "Fire Escape") by Cornell Woolrich, about a lying boy who witnesses a killing but is not believed.
