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The Window( 1949)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Bobby Driscoll

      Tommy Woodry

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      Barbara Hale

      Mary Woodry

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      Arthur Kennedy

      Ed Woodry

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      Paul Stewart

      Joe Kellerson

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      Ruth Roman

      Jean Kellerson

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      Richard Benedict

      Murdered Seaman (Uncredited)

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      James Nolan

      Stranger on Street (Uncredited)

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      Anthony Ross

      Detective Ross (uncredited)

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      Tom Coleman

      Cop Carrying Stretcher (Uncredited)

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      Lloyd Dawson

      Police Officer (Uncredited)

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      Carl Faulkner

      Police Officer (Uncredited)

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      Budd Fine

      Police Officer (Uncredited)

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      Eric Mack

      Police Officer (Uncredited)

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      Lee Phelps

      Police Officer (Uncredited)

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      Carl Saxe

      Police Officer (Uncredited)

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      Brick Sullivan

      Police Officer (Uncredited)

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      Charles Flynn

      Police Officer (Uncredited)

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      Ken Terrell

      Man (Uncredited)

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      Lee Kass

      Reporter (Uncredited)

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      Johnny Kern

      Observer at Scene (Uncredited)

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      Tex Swan

      Milkman (Uncredited)

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Mon 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 plenty of love for their fanciful son. Once the crime is committed, a shocking incident compounded by the fact it's perpetrated by a normal looking male ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    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