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The Window (1949)

May 10, 1949 (US) Thriller, Crime • 73m

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.

Director

Ted Tetzlaff

Writer

Mel Dinelli

Top Billed

Bobby Driscoll

Keywords

Top Billed Cast

Bobby Driscoll
Bobby Driscoll

Tommy Woodry

Barbara Hale
Barbara Hale

Mary 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
Tom Coleman

Cop Carrying Stretcher (Uncredited)

Lloyd Dawson
Lloyd Dawson

Police Officer (Uncredited)

Carl Faulkner
Carl Faulkner

Police Officer (Uncredited)

Budd Fine
Budd Fine

Police Officer (Uncredited)

Eric Mack
Eric Mack

Police Officer (Uncredited)

Lee Phelps
Lee Phelps

Police Officer (Uncredited)

Carl Saxe
Carl Saxe

Police Officer (Uncredited)

Brick Sullivan
Brick Sullivan

Police Officer (Uncredited)

Charles Flynn
Charles Flynn

Police Officer (Uncredited)

Ken Terrell
Ken Terrell

Man (Uncredited)

Lee Kass
Lee Kass

Reporter (Uncredited)

Johnny Kern
Johnny Kern

Observer at Scene (Uncredited)

Tex Swan
Tex Swan

Milkman (Uncredited)

Crew
William O. Steiner
William O. Steiner

Director of Photography

Roy Webb
Roy Webb

Original Music Composer

Robert De Grasse
Robert De Grasse

Director of Photography

Mel Dinelli
Mel Dinelli

Screenplay

Mel Berns
Mel Berns

Key Makeup Artist

Gene Roemer
Gene Roemer

Makeup Artist

Fred Fleck
Fred Fleck

Assistant Director

Ruby Felker
Ruby Felker

Hairstylist

Dore Schary
Dore Schary

Production Executive

Earl Harper
Earl Harper

Assistant Director

C. Bakaleinikoff
C. Bakaleinikoff

Music Director

Walter Daniels
Walter Daniels

Production Manager

Sal Scoppa Jr.
Sal Scoppa Jr.

Assistant Director

Russell A. Cully
Russell A. Cully

Special Effects

Bill Shanks
Bill Shanks

Script Supervisor

Ollie Sigurdson
Ollie Sigurdson

Still Photographer

Fred Bentley
Fred Bentley

Camera Operator

Harley Miller
Harley Miller

Set Decoration

Sam Corso
Sam Corso

Art Direction

Darrell Silvera
Darrell Silvera

Set Decoration

Walter E. Keller
Walter E. Keller

Art Direction



Reviews

John Chard

⭐ 8/10

May 11, 2015

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 plent… read the rest.

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

Revenue

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