The Window

• Barbara Hale: Mary Woodry
• Arthur Kennedy: Ed Woodry
• Paul Stewart: Joe Kellerson
• Ruth Roman: Jean Kellerson
• Bobby Driscoll: Tommy Woodry

The eerie window ( Original: " The Window " ) is an American film director and former cinematographer Ted Tetzlaff the 1949 original was the story "The Boy cried murder" by Cornell Woolrich. .

Action

Ed Woodry, his wife Mary and their son Tommy live in New York's Lower East Side. One night observed Tommy, who is sleeping on the fire escape, like the neighbor Joe Kellerson commits a murder. No one to whom he told about it, believe it, because Tommy is known for his vivid and all assume that he wants to do only important. His father forces him even to apologize to the Kellersons. Kellerson now plans to kill Tommy. As Tommy's parents are away from home one evening, the plan seems to be working. In the last minute but Tommy can be saved.

Background

The director Ted Tetzlaff was in Hollywood since 1926 cameraman. His last camera work was Alfred Hitchcock Notorious ( 1946). Tetzlaff then moved into directing. The eerie window was his greatest success. It cost only about $ 200,000 and played a multiple thereof.

The cutter Frederic Knudtson was nominated for an Oscar, the Academy Juvenile Award was awarded the 12 -year-old Bobby Driscoll. Cornell Woolrich and Mel Dinelli received the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Original Screenplay.

Reviews

" A thematic unusual thriller of extraordinary density and voltage. Above average in camera and display. "