The Window
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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.

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Bobby Driscoll
Tommy Woodry
Barbara Hale
Mary Woodry
Arthur Kennedy
Ed Woodry
Paul Stewart
Joe Kellerson
Ruth Roman
Jean Kellerson
Richard Benedict
Murdered Seaman (Uncredited)
James Nolan
Stranger on Street (Uncredited)
Anthony Ross
Detective Ross (uncredited)
Tom Coleman
Cop Carrying Stretcher (Uncredited)
Lloyd Dawson
Police Officer (Uncredited)
Carl Faulkner
Police Officer (Uncredited)
Budd Fine
Police Officer (Uncredited)
Eric Mack
Police Officer (Uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Police Officer (Uncredited)
Carl Saxe
Police Officer (Uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
Police Officer (Uncredited)
Charles Flynn
Police Officer (Uncredited)
Ken Terrell
Man (Uncredited)
Lee Kass
Reporter (Uncredited)
Johnny Kern
Observer at Scene (Uncredited)
Tex Swan
Milkman (Uncredited)
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Photos William O. Steiner, Robert De Grasse
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Location United States of America
Producer Frederic Ullman Jr., Dore Schary
Director Ted Tetzlaff
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John Chard May 16 2024 09:22:09 PM

Like the boy who cried wolf. A belter of a B noir out of RKO. Story plays as a variant to the boy who cried wolf legend and finds young Bobby Driscoll as Tommy, a boy prone to telling tall tales. So when one night he spies upstairs neighbours murdering a man, nobody believes him... The build up to the crime is considered, we are privy to Tommy's home life in a cramped New York tenement, his parents loyal and hard working and they have plenty of love for their fanciful son. Once the crime is committed, a shocking incident compounded by the fact it's perpetrated by a normal looking male and female couple, a destitute pairing prepared to do the unthinkable just for cash, then things get real tense and the thrills begin to roll. Tommy is now under threat from the killers and he needs to be silenced, so as the cramp confines of the hot and sweaty tenement area are vividly brought to life via noir visuals, Ted Tetzlaff (director) and his cinematographers (Robert De Grasse & William O. Steiner) excelling, the paranoia and tension builds to the point that the gripping finale acts as a merciful release. Very well performed by a cast that also includes Paul Stewart, Ruth Roman, Arthur Kennedy and Barabara Hale, this late 1940s noir is highly recommended. 8/10