The Window

The Window (1949)

10/05/1949
Thriller, Crime
1h 13m

Through the Window He Saw it...but no one would believe him...no one except the Killers!

Overview

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.

  • Ted TetzlaffDirector
  • Mel DinelliScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • new york city
  • police
  • chase
  • fire escape
  • parent child relationship
  • menace
  • child in peril
  • film noir
  • murder
  • murderer
  • tenement
  • rooftop
  • police station
  • home alone
  • abandoned building
  • murder witness
  • incredulous parents
  • the boy who cried wolf

Top Billed Cast

Bobby Driscoll

Bobby Driscoll

Tommy Woodry

Barbara Hale

Barbara Hale

Mary Woodry

Arthur Kennedy

Arthur Kennedy

Ed Woodry

Paul Stewart

Paul Stewart

Joe Kellerson

Ruth Roman

Ruth Roman

Jean Kellerson

Richard Benedict

Richard Benedict

Murdered Seaman (Uncredited)

James Nolan

James Nolan

Stranger on Street (Uncredited)

Anthony Ross

Anthony Ross

Detective Ross (uncredited)

Tom Coleman

Cop Carrying Stretcher (Uncredited)

Lloyd Dawson

Police Officer (Uncredited)

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