The Window
1949 · Movie · 73 min · ★ 6.9
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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Details
- Years
- 1949
- Release date
- 1949-05-10
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 73 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (74 votes)
Themes
- new york city
- police
- chase
- fire escape
- parent child relationship
- menace
- child in peril
- film noir
- murder
- murderer
- tenement
- witness to murder
- +5 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Film Editing · 1950 · nominated
Cast & crew
Bobby Driscoll
as Tommy Woodry
Barbara Hale
as Mary Woodry
Arthur Kennedy
as Ed Woodry
Paul Stewart
as Joe Kellerson
Ruth Roman
as Jean Kellerson
Richard Benedict
as Murdered Seaman (Uncredited)
James Nolan
as Stranger on Street (Uncredited)
Anthony Ross
as Detective Ross (uncredited)
- TC
Tom Coleman
as Cop Carrying Stretcher (Uncredited)
- LD
Lloyd Dawson
as Police Officer (Uncredited)
Directed by Ted Tetzlaff