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The Window is a 1949 black-and-white suspense film based on the short story "The Boy Cried Murder" by Cornell Woolrich. The film, which was a critical success, was produced for $210,000 but earned much more making it a box office hit for RKO Pictures. The film was directed by Ted Tetzlaff who worked as a cinematographer for over 100 films including another successful suspense film, Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious three years earlier.
Plot
Set, and filmed on location, in the tenement section of New York's Lower East Side, the film tells the story of a young boy (Driscoll) who has a habit of crying wolf. Late one night he climbs up the building fire escape and sees two people murder a drunken sailor. No one, not even the boy's parents, believes young Tommy when he tells what he has seen, since they all assume that this is just another of the boy's tall tales. The murderous neighbors find out the boy is a witness to the killing and plan the same for him when his parents are away. Tommy fears that the killers are out to get him, so he runs away from home only to be caught by the two.
Awards
The film was voted the best mystery film of the year by the Mystery Writers of America. Film editor Frederic Knudtson was nominated for an Academy Award, while Driscoll was named Outstanding Juvenile Actor and given a miniature statuette. More on [ The Window ]
Apollo Movie Guide: The Bedroom Window - Synopsis, cast, review by Erik Childress, and links.
CultureDose.net: The Bedroom Window - Review of the movie by Jack Sommersby: ...breathtakingly assured, imaginative, nerve-jangling, and just plain entertaining.
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Internet Movie Database: Bedroom Window, The - Plot summary, cast and crew, reviews, production information, distribution details, soundtrack listing, and links.
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ReelViews: The Bedroom Window - James Berardinelli's review: ...a screenplay that becomes top-heavy and unwieldy as a result of its determination to offer a surprise at every corner.
The Bedroom Window - Rita Kempley of the Washington Post brands the film a cockamamie mystery.
The Celebrity Cafe: The Bedroom Window - A review of the movie by Lynda Dale MacLean. ...a slick, intelligent, well-crafted movie.
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