The Woman in the Window (1944)

The Woman in the Window (1944) (Blu-Ray) (*)

$28.99

Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
99 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Commentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1944 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Fritz Lang

Written By:
Nunnally Johnson
J.H. Wallis

Actors:
Edward G. Robinson ..... Professor Richard Wanley
Joan Bennett ..... Alice Reed
Raymond Massey ..... Dist. Atty. Frank Lalor
Edmund Breon ..... Dr. Michael Barkstane
Dan Duryea ..... Heidt / Tim, the Doorman
Thomas E. Jackson ..... Inspector Jackson, Homicide Bureau
Dorothy Peterson ..... Mrs. Wanley
Arthur Loft ..... Claude Mazard / Frank Howard / Charlie the Hatcheck Man
Frank Dawson ..... Collins, the Steward

Synopsis:

Richard Wanley (Edward G. Robinson) is no animal at least he was not until he met the woman in the window. With his wife and kids out of town the chaste professor engages in an innocent flirtation with a chance acquaintance (Joan Bennett): and inadvertently commits a shocking and unspeakable crime! But that is just the beginning of his problems, for the cunning D.A. (Raymond Massey) one of Wanleys dearest friends gets closer and closer to identifying the killer, Wanley finds he is more and more willing to resort to desperate measures to avoid being caught. Masterfully directed by the legendary Fritz Lang, The Woman in the Window, a thriller with the logic and plausibility of a nightmare (Pauline Kael) and suspense laden, gripping entertainment!

When the family of Gotham College Professor Richard Wanley travels, he meets with his close friends Dr. Michael Barkstane and District Attorney Frank Lalor in a club for talking. Wanley is fascinated with the portrait of a young woman in the next door window, and they discuss about affairs and middle-age crisis while drinking. When Wanley leaves the club, he walks to the window to admire the picture once more and he meets Alice Reed, who was the model of the painting. She invites him for a drink and they end the night in her apartment for seeing sketches of Alice made by the same artist. While drinking champagne, her temperable lover arrives and misunderstands the presence of Richard, hitting and suffocating him. In self-defense, Richard stabs the man with a pair of scissors on the back and kills him. They decide to get rid off the body, dumping the body in the woods and destroying the evidences, but when they are blackmailed by the scum Heidt, Professor Wanley tells Alice that there are only three ways to deal with a blackmailer, all of them with a high price.

Professor Richard Wanley, at the university's psychology department, lectures about the homicidal impulse. But the subject is about to become closer to him than he could have imagined. Standing before a display window and admiring a painting of a beautiful woman leads him to meet the subject of the artwork. Wanley's dull life is about to take a turn toward the adventure he craves--or thinks he craves until he gets it. In the woman's apartment, a man suddenly storms in and attacks him. The woman hands Wanley a pair of scissors to defend himself. And suddenly Wanley has a body to dispose of. Meanwhile, Wanley's two friends prove to be fateful. One is a doctor who can prescribe him a sleeping potion. The other is the district attorney investigating a man's disappearance. And a stranger with a penchant for blackmail may seal his fate.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 30 November, 2020.

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