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The Window (1949) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
Spanish ( Mono )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
73 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1949 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Ted Tetzlaff

Written By:
Cornell Woolrich
Mel Dinelli

Actors:
Barbara Hale ..... Mrs. Mary Woodry
Arthur Kennedy ..... Mr. Ed Woodry
Paul Stewart ..... Joe Kellerson
Ruth Roman ..... Mrs. Jean Kellerson
Bobby Driscoll ..... Tommy Woodry

Synopsis:

At the age of 9, Tommy Woodry has a reputation for telling tall tales - the latest one being that his family is moving from Manhattan to a ranch out west. When the landlord interrupts the Woodrys at dinner to show their about to be vacated apartment, the Woodrys tell Tommy enough is enough. Then that hot summer night Tommy decides to sleep on the fire escape - outside the Kellerton's apartment, since it is a story higher and gets more breeze. Tommy sees the Kellertons kill a man. Tommy's parents and the police won't believe his story. But the Kellertons want to silence him.

The Woodrys live in a New York City tenement. Nine year old Tommy Woodry has a penchant for telling what he considers are harmless stories of fancy. Most of the people to who he tells the stories know they are such, but the belief in a few of those stories has led to potential problems. As such, his parents, Ed and Mary Woodry, want him to stop telling lies or else be punished. One evening during a heat wave, Tommy witnesses their upstairs neighbors, Joe and Jean Kellerson, kill a man through their window while sleeping on the fire escape outside. He also overhears them stating that the killing was premeditated. Tommy not only tells his parents but also the police. His exasperated parents believe Tommy is once again crying wolf, but the two people who know that Tommy is telling the truth are the Kellersons, to who the story gets back. Tommy thus fears for his safety, especially one evening when his parents are not around and he is physically confined to their apartment. Tommy will do anything to protect himself from the Kellersons or to get someone in authority truly to believe the Kellersons are the murderers he says they are, that is if he can escape from his confinement.

To avoid the heat of a sweltering summer night a 9 year old Manhattan boy decides to sleep on the fire escape and witnesses a murder, no one will believe him.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 29 November, 2016.