The Woman in the Window (1944)

Directed by

Fritz Lang

Genre

drama film, film noir, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 387 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A middle-aged psychology professor meets a young woman and goes to her apartment. He kills her lover in self-defense and tries to cover up the crime.

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What happens

The Woman in the Window is a 1944 American film noir directed by Fritz Lang and starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey, and Dan Duryea. It tells the story of a middle-aged psychology professor who kills in self-defense the lover of a young femme fatale he just met while his family is on vacation. The film is based on J. H. Wallis' 1942 novel Once Off Guard. Screenwriter Nunnally Johnson, having written the script for The Grapes of Wrath (1940), was invited by International Pictures to a picture deal, and The Woman in the Window was chosen as its premiere project. The term "film noir" originated as a genre description in part because of The Woman in the Window. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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