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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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Impact (1949)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.