The Window (1949)

Directed by

Ted Tetzlaff

Genre

drama film, film noir, heist film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 13m

Rated

R

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 75 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy who cries wolf witnesses a murder in his apartment building. No one believes him, and the killers realize he saw them.

tensesuspensefulclaustrophobicnoirishquietly menacingurbanunsettlingslow-burn

What happens

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 film, a critical success that was shot on location in New York City, was produced by Frederic Ullman Jr. for $210,000 but earned much more, making it a box-office hit for RKO Pictures. The film was directed by Ted Tetzlaff, who worked as a cinematographer on over 100 films, including another successful suspense film, Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious (1946). For his performances in this film and in So Dear to My Heart, Bobby Driscoll was presented with a miniature Oscar statuette as the outstanding juvenile actor of 1949 at the 1950 Academy Awards ceremony. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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