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Starring: Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart, Barbara Hale, Bobby Driscoll, Ruth Roman
Director(s): Ted Tetzlaff
Country: USA
Year: 1949
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
IMDB Rating: 7.5 out of 10 (1056 votes)
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 Kellersons apartment, since it is a story higher and gets more breeze. Tommy sees the Kellersons kill a man. Tommys parents and the police wont believe his story. But the Kellersons want to silence him.
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dougdoepke (21 May 2012)
Neo-Realism Meets Noir
A little boy learns the value of truth-telling in white-knuckle,claustrophobic fashion a memorably done movie in all departments. Noneed to dwell here on the consensus strong points.Seeing this taut little thriller in a small western town when I was 10not only scared the heck out of me, but influenced my perception ofurban life for years to come. Seeing the film again 60 years later, I'mimpressed with producer Dore Schary's insistence on the grimness of thetenements, at least by later suburban standards. There's no attempt toglamorize or even varnish the family's dingy, cramped flat. Whether onNY location or on an RKO sound stage, the lighting remains dark andoppressive. Of course, that not only heightens the nourish atmosphere,but also lends an uncommon degree of realism to the family's working-class environment. After all, Dad works the nightshift, while Mom helpswith the extended family, leaving little Tommy home alone. And that, Ibelieve, amounts to more than just a handy plot device. And get a loadof the on-location ruins where the kids play at the beginningÂlookslike something out of post-war Europe. No wonder MGM went after Scharyin an effort to become more socially relevant in post-Andy HardyAmerica. There may be a lot of Hollywood in the melodrama itself, butthe look and feel is definitely not Hollywood of the time. What a finelittle film that's still edge-of-the-seat excitement. And, if I recallcorrectly, I was an especially good little boy for a long timeafterward.
ivan-22 (20 May 2012)
The ultimate window
Forget "Rear Window". This is he ultimate window movie. The plot is a bitcontrived and manipulative and somewhat unsavory, as in all thrillers, butthe esthetics of the film, the grim tenement environment is a real treat. Ireact more to the esthetic element than the dramatic per se. Whereas thisgreat film is intimate, moody, subdued and modest, "Rear Window" throwsstars, light and colors at you in a sad display of artistic insecurity.Bobby Driscoll and the other cast members are very good, which isn'tsurprising, as good movies tend to inspire good acting. I first saw it as akid, and although I had trouble understanding the plot, I knew it was anexceptional film.
harry-76 (19 May 2012)
Ma, You Gotta Believe Me!
Although this little psychological thriller apparently didn't impressthen new RKO boss Howard Hughes, who shelved it, the public took it toheart when released 2 years later.And for good reason: this noir piece managed to stir up quite a bit ofsteam during its brief running time. Thanks to talented child actorBobby Driscoll, "The Window" becomes an engrossing yarn.With Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart, Ruth Roman and Barbara Hale lendingtheir strong supports, there's a good suspense tale that unfolds.If screenwriter Cornell Woolrich had embellished Mel Dinelli's originalstory to lend more verbal substance to support the physical action,especially toward the end, it might have been even better.As it is, it turned into a kind of standard chase thing that we've allseen before. Thus the film earns a "Good" rating. Young Driscolldelivers a solid performance that carries the film convincingly, andwell earned his Juvenille "Oscar."
(19 May 2012)
Finally The Window on DVD
This review is from: The Window [Remaster] (DVD) I have watched this movie on TV quite a few times and This is one of my favorite movies. Bobby Driscoll is great in this movie. Its about a little boy who witnessess a murder through The Window. He tells his mother and the police who do not believe him only the killers. If you like suspense this movie is a must. Great Film and Highly recommened.
Hunters_Souffle (19 May 2012)
Now here is a great little film!
I've been wanting to watch this for a couple years now, but since it isunavailable on DVD or VHS, it was impossible. Thank goodness for TurnerClass Movies! The story is simple. A little boy has a bad habit ofmaking up wild stories to impress his friends and family. When he'ssleeping out on his fire escape one sweltering summer night, hewitnesses his upstairs neighbors murder a man. When he tells his motherand father, not surprisingly, they think he's making it all up or thathe's had a bad dream. When the killers upstairs get wind that thelittle boy knows about their crime, the decide to kill him. So it's upto the boy to prove he's not lying and evade the killers.'The Window' has many things in common with the much better known 'RearWindow.' For one thing, they're both based off of short stories writtenby Cornell Woolrich. Themes of voyeurism, murder, urban paranoia, andbeing trapped and defenseless dominate both films. 'Rear Window' isclearly the better film all around, but 'The Window' deserves to bereleased on DVD so it can be rediscovered and celebrated for the tight,compelling, suspenseful noir classic that it is.
jamesmckone (18 May 2012)
Excellent Film!!!!
I loved this film, i watched it by chance late at night and had neverseen anything like it. The small boy is brilliant and the enclosedcommunity where it is set is brilliant and creepy. It was one of thosefilms where you don't want to blink as it is truly unpredictable, themost gripping film i have ever seen and incredibly scary. The film isonly about an hour long and this adds to the tension, scenes are notprolonged and suspicion and fear are created with a fast pace, and anurgency and despair of the boy. This is a film worth watching as it isdifferent from the big budget, special effects thrillers. it createsfear through the intensity of the boy and his parents fear of hissanity.
l.boots (08 May 2012)
A Thrill a Minute! Film Noir at its' BEST!
I first saw this film when I was ten. The same age as the terrified youngstar "Tommy" of the film. I sat on the edge of my seat, glued to the screenas every second of suspense ticked away. A masterpiece to rival even thebest of the great Hitchcock Thrillers! I have never seen it released onvideo, but would be the first to run out and buy it. If it turns up on AMC,DON'T MISS IT!
21MM392 (08 May 2012)
A ten-year-old with an overactive imagination is subjected to a night of real big city terror in 1949.
"The Window" is a rich and underrated tale of urban terror from aten-year-old's perspective. Tommy Woodry is jolted from his innocent worldof make believe games when he witnesses a murder in the middle of thenight.Making the terror all the worse is that the murderers are his upstairsneighbors, the Kellertons, and neither the police nor his parents willbelieve his story. The terror grows darker when Tommy's only protection,his parents, leave for the night because of shift work and family illness.The music and lighting brilliantly reflect the evil that begins withnightfall and the removal of his parents. When the Kellertons kidnapTommy,even pretending to be his parents to fool the police, bad "parents"replacethe good ones."The Window", in a way, is the opposite of the classic "These Three" ofthirteen years earlier. In the latter, the lies of a young girl (BonitaGranville) regarding adult wrongdoing are believed without reservation,withswift and devastating consequences. "The Window" also nicely showcases thehard life of the working class in 1949: the only telephone is at the drugstore and the apartments are cramped and dilapidated with no modernappliances.Paul Stewart, as Joe Kellerton, plays his villainous role with a cool,almost smug arrogance, while Bobby Driscoll, as Tommy, expertly handlestherole of an innocent child drawn into the gritty ugliness of urbanviolence.The movie maintains a fast pace, with total suspense all the way to thenail-biting end, and every second of it is worth watching.
(04 May 2012)
Postwar Urban Fable
The Window is a Noirish take on The Boy Who Cried Wolf, supurbly acted by a terrific cast. It's also a great document of the urban decay that took place in America's cities during the Depression and World War II immediately before widespread suburbanization. It's simply inexcusable that this stunning film isn't currently available on DVD in the US.
Brian Keith O'Hara (04 May 2012)
Winner of The Mystery Guild's Award for Best Mystery
Only problem is there is no mystery in the film. I recently discoveredthat "The Window" was filmed in New York City in November 1948 whenBobby Driscoll was 10. In the spring of 1948, billionaire Howard Hughesbought RKO Studios. His first action was to fire Studio Head DoreSchary because he was a Hollywood liberal. Schary went to MGM where hesucceeded Louis B. Mayer. He enjoyed great success there. His seconddecision was to shelve "The Window" for being worthless garbage. It hadbeen one of Dore Schary's pet projects. The movie sat on the shelf fornearly two years, finally when the studio was short of films torelease, Howard Hughes was talked into releasing "The Window". Insteadit became the surprise hit of the year. A B movie, which was supposedto make back expenses and a small profit became a huge top ten hit andRKO's #1 movie of the year. And all the credit went to Bobby Driscoll.His terrifying portrayal of "Tommy Woodry" was one of them most intenseever caught on film: he went on to win an Oscar at the Academy AwardsCeremony at The Pantages Theatre(generously donated for the occasion byHoward Hughes, after the Shrine Auditorium proved to small). Bobby wasvery convincing as the boy who witnesses a murder but can't get anyoneto believe him....except the murderers. Bobby's character is viewed asa teller of tall tales because of his vivid imagination. Tthe one timehe tells the unvarnished truth, he is seen as a liar, it that isn'tirony, then irony doesn't exist. Cornell Woolrich, the great film noirnovelist based the story on "The Boy Who Cried Wolf". Nobody, much lessone ten-year-old boy, has ever been more alone than Bobby Driscoll's"Tommy Woodry". More a psychological terror than mystery, "The Window"is as intense a movie as has ever come out of Hollywood. By using aten-year-old boy's point of view, when that boy is also the object ofthe murderer's mechanations, Ted Tetzlaff, the film's director, has lethis audience into one boy's nightmare. It works brilliantly...
moonspinner55 (03 May 2012)
A near-miss, aided by young Driscoll's work...
Bobby Driscoll, a child actor par excellence, lends a good deal ofbelievability to this familiar and predictable plot concerning animaginative youngster who can't get anyone to believe his tale aboutbeing the only witness to a murder. This "Boy Who Cried Wolf" in moderndress (from a story by Cornell Woolrich!) needed a stronger, perhapsmulti-layered approach; it is far too straightforward and square, andthe audience is always two steps ahead of the action. The adultcharacters are exasperating and foolish, though Driscoll's groundedpresence is just what this scenario requires (he won a highly-deservedJuvenile Oscar for his work). Vivid black-and-white cinematography byRobert De Grasse and William Steiner also deserves praise, though thefilm isn't a noir. It's a family picture on a low-budget, aimed at themass market. Overall results are decent, but certainly not superior.**1/2 from ****
jpdoherty (02 May 2012)
Most Convincing Child Performance!
"THE BOY CRIED ' WOLF' 'WOLF' SEVERAL TIMES AND EACH TIME THE PEOPLE CAME TO HELP HIM THEY FOUND THERE WASN'T ANY 'WOLF' ".Aesop's FablesRKO certainly lived up to its reputation as the finest creators of FilmNoir with this taut and suspenseful thriller made in 1947. Held back,for some reason, by Howard Hughes until a 1949 release THE WINDOW wasbased on a story by Cornell Woolrich that became a splendid screenplayby Mel Dinelli. Photographed in stunning crisp Monochrome by WilliamSteiner it was directed with unrivaled regard to tension and impact byTed Tetzlaff. With no marquee names to speak of and costing a modestsum to produce on the streets of New York's Lower East Side the picturewas a great success with both critics and public alike.The story of THE WINDOW concerns a 10 year boy Tommy Woodry (BobbyDriscoll) who just loves to spin yarns and tell tall tales. He lives ina modest apartment with his parents (Arthur Kennedy and Barbara Hale)in the lower East Side of New York city where his playground is thedilapidated tenements that surround him. One warm night he awakens andbecause of the heat takes his pillow out on to the fire escape tosleep. Here he witnesses a murder under the window shade of anadjoining apartment. But being the great story teller he is no one willbelieve him. No one, that is, except the killers themselves (PaulStewart and Ruth Roman) who now must find a way to silence the boy.From here on the film never lets up. It becomes a white knuckle ride asTommy tries to escape the killers clutches down alley ways and acrossthe dodgy rooftops of dangerous tenements. The picture ends with one ofthe killers falling to his death and Tommy being reunited with hisparents who finally believe him. Now he makes a solemn promise never tocry 'Wolf' again.Adding greatly to the thrills is the marvellous music score by RKO'sNoir composer in residence Roy Webb. With a terrific main theme, heardin its broadest form under the titles, there is also some splendideerie music for the stalking scenes and exciting action cues for thechase sequences.But there is little doubt that the film is held tightly together anddominated by the outstanding central performance from the ill-fated 10year old Bobby Driscoll. You simply cannot take your eyes off him. Anamazing little actor, it is a great shame he never got to have a fullcareer in film. But it was never to be! Fate had other plans for him.He was to be plagued with bad luck for the rest of his days. First hesuffered with severe acne in his teens which halted his film career.Then he was arrested and sent to jail on drugs charges. When he wasreleased his reputation proceeded him and he was unemployable inHollywood. Later he made a couple of stabs at supporting roles in filmsof no repute. But he never regained even the slightest spark of hischildhood genius. With his career virtually over he became a drugabuser again. In 1968 - and ironically in the same setting as hisgreatest success in the film THE WINDOW - two children playing foundhis dead body in a derelict tenement in New York's Lower East Side. Hewas only 31 years old. It is quite inconceivable that for someone whohad demonstrated such a mighty talent should finish up unknown,unclaimed and sadly come to be buried in a pauper's grave on HartIsland.
(01 May 2012)
The Window
This review is from: The Window [Remaster] (DVD) "The Window" was made in 1949 and is a movie gem.'Thrills and Chills' proclaim the movie posters of the day butthat would be the understatement of the year.This movie makes Alfed Hitchcock's classic "Rear Window" look like an amateur piece of work. "The Window" is riveting stuff and isentertainment at its very best. It is nerve wrenching and totallyabsorbing from beginning to end.The movie stars popular child star Bobby Driscoll who at the timewas under contract to the Walt Disney Studios. He was loaned out to R-K-O Radio to play the part of Tommy Woodry which was a major rolein the movie. Tommy, who lives with his mother and father in an old apartmentbuilding in the city, witnesses a murder in an adjoining apartment.Unfortunately, Tommy has an over-active imagination and tells tallstories, so no one believes him.The couple who carried out the murder eventually come to theconclusion that Tommy witnessed the murder whilst on the fire escape outside their apartment and begin to formulate plans to shut him up get rid of him. The pair stalk Tommy in a menacing way so much sothat it sends shivers up and down your spine.The parents who still don't believe his story leave Tommy (underprotest) in the apartment alone for long periods of time to faceimpending disaster.What an incredible young actor is Bobby Driscoll who has the abilityto convey to the audience the fear and panic that he is experiencing.This is Bobby Driscoll's picture. You can be certain of that and for the role he played in this movie, Bobby Driscoll won a Special AcademyAward at the 1949 Academy Awards presentation as the ouitstandingjuvenile actor of 1949.Very highly recommended. Prepare to be shocked and youwon't be disappointed. It is a masterpiece of suspense.
(30 April 2012)
"I was on the fire escape! I saw ya!"
Eleven-year-old Bobby Driscoll won a special Oscar for his work in THE WINDOW. Driscoll portrays Tommy Woodry-- a little boy with a big imagination. Tommy's many fantasies and outright lies have in the past caused problems for his parents, so now this "boy who cried wolf" one too many times has a serious credibility problem.One stifling summer night, Tommy gets permission to sleep on the family's second floor fire escape. While outside, Tommy witnesses a murder in the apartment above through a partially-raised shade. Joe Kellerson (Stewart) stabs a man in the back with scissors.Tommy wakes his mom (Hale) and tells what he saw; she dismisses this report as another piece of fiction and tells him to go to bed. In the morning, Tommy's insistence that he's seen a homicide angers Ed Woodly (Kennedy), and the boy is sent to his room to "think about" these many lies.Instead, the determined kid slips away and runs to the police to report the crime. A detective brings Tommy home, goes upstairs, tells Mrs. Kellerson (Roman) that he's a building inspector, and looks around the apartment. Seeing nothing unusual, he leaves.Jean K. is alarmed by the visit and gets more so when Tommy and mother Mary come knocking. She wants her child to apologize to the neighbor for stories he's telling but the frightened Tommy refuses and runs downstairs.When Joe Kellerson returns home that night, Jean (correctly) insists that the boy downstairs knows about the killing. She drops off a telegram to Mary Woodly that the Kellersons received "by mistake." Mary is needed out of time to nurse a sick relative, and Ed, who works overnights tells his son he must stay home by himself. Terror-stricken, Tommy begs to go with his mom or dad, but is refused.The last half-hour of this story is a perfect exercise in sheer terror. "The Window" is a film not to be missed. Highest recommendation!.Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 IMDb viewer poll rating.(7.5) The Window (1949) - Barbara Hale/Arthur Kennedy/Paul Stewart/Ruth Roman/Bobby Driscoll
ccthemovieman-1 (29 April 2012)
Driscoll Delivers
Bobby Driscoll is not a name familiar to most people, unless they aredie-hard classic movie fans. Driscoll's career was short, but thatwasn't because he couldn't act. This movie shows his talents as a youngboy who cries wolf and then pays for it, big-time.The first 40 minutes of this film deals with that "wolf" angle. It goesa bit too long and begins to drag the story down a bit, but stay withit. Once the killers come looking for the boy (Driscoll), the filmsuddenly becomes extremely tense. In fact, the tension is so strong thelast 30 minutes that there are scenes you almost can't bear to watch.Story-wise, there are some credibility questions, mainly "Why wouldgood parents - as portrayed here by Barbara Hale and Arthur Kennedy -leave their 10-year-old all alone all night?" But, ignoring that, thefilm is entertaining and has a good ending, so I have no complaints.Driscoll does a fine job of acting, as mentioned, and Hale becamefamous for being Perry Mason's secretary on television. Kennedy isalways interesting no matter what film he is in, and Paul Stewart iseffective as the villain.As of this writing, the VHS tape is out-of-print, and there is no DVDavailable yet, sad to say. Hopefully, that oversight will be correctedsoon. This film is a valuable part of anyone's film noir collection.
bts1984 (29 April 2012)
American masterpiece
This may be a small movie, but it offers a lot during its less than 75minutes long. This is truly one of the finest films ever.This preciousness of cinema deals with the old thematic that we mustnever lie, otherwise we may be telling the truth one day and nobodywill believe us. That's precisely what happens to our Tommy Woodry, avery cute and harmless child with the habit of crying wolf (perhapsbecause he feels bored?). There's no denying that Tommy has a very bigimagination: the story that he's gonna buy himself a horse, that he'sgonna move to a ranch out west but not before shooting indians. Tommy'stall tales put a grin on my face.Tommy's lies take his parents to despair. When he witnesses theKellersons committing a crime, he can't manage to get anyone to believehim. No matter how hard he tries, he can't change his parents's minds.Even the police is reluctant...Although it's understandable that his parents won't believe him, theytake such drastic measures on him that they fail miserably to protecthim. As for the police, they play in a situation when he is at thecriminals's hands, also failing miserably to protect him. All of thismakes you completely hate Tommy's parents and the police. Tommy livesthis urban nightmare all alone and cannot count on anyone to help himbut himself.Even so, there is nothing I would really change in this movie in anyway, except perhaps a slightly longer length. Nevertheless, it's simplyflawless. The plot is excellent, the characters are believable, all theactors are superb, the music is dramatic and adds emotion, the 1940'sNYC scenario is amazing, the film is very tense and feels hitchcockianand the English is spoken with relative calm - calm enough tounderstand most of it, which means the lack of subtitles isn't much ofa problem for anyone who knows some English. The pace is alwaysbrilliant, both when the movie is more calm and when it is frightening,intense and suspenseful.A very interesting and fascinating movie. And to think that RKO bossHoward Hughes didn't want to give it a chance at first! We would havelost this pearl of cinema...Bobby Driscoll is fantastic as Tommy Woodry. Although he was a Disneyactor, he was "loaned" to RKO Pictures for this timeless classic. Avery clever decision, he was a wonderful actor. I hope he's not justremembered for his work at Disney but also for this noir classic.Title in Portugal: 'O Que Viram os Meus Olhos'.
(23 April 2012)
The Window
This review is from: The Window [Remaster] (DVD) "The Window" was made in 1949 and is a movie gem.'Thrills and Chills' proclaim the movie posters of the day butthat would be the understatement of the year.This movie makes Alfed Hitchcock's classic "Rear Window" look likean amateur piece of work. "The Window" is riveting stuff and isentertainment at its very best. It is nerve wrenching and totallyabsorbing from beginning to end.The movie stars popular child star Bobby Driscoll who at the timewas under contract to the Walt Disney Studios. He was loaned out toR-K-O Radio to play the part of Tommy Woodry which was a major rolein the movie.Tommy, who lives with his mother and father in an old apartmentbuilding in the city, witnesses a murder in an adjoining apartment.Unfortunately, Tommy has an over-active imagination and tells tallstories, so no one believes him.The couple who carried out the murder eventually come to theconclusion that Tommy witnessed the murder whilst on the fire escapeoutside their apartment and begin to formulate plans to shut him upget rid of him. The pair stalk Tommy in a menacing way so much sothat it sends shivers up and down your spine.The parents who still don't believe his story leave Tommy (underprotest) in the apartment alone for long periods of time to faceimpending disaster.What an incredible young actor is Bobby Driscoll who has the abilityto convey to the audience the fear and panic that he is experiencing.This is Bobby Driscoll's picture. You can be certain of that and forthe role he played in this movie, Bobby Driscoll won a Special AcademyAward at the 1949 Academy Awards presentation as the outstandingjuvenile actor of 1949.Very highly recommended. Prepare to be shocked and youwon't be disappointed. It is a masterpiece of suspense.
Martin Teller (22 April 2012)
The Window (1949)
Opening with a quote from Aesop, this movie is about a little lad whotells so many stories that no one believes him when he witnesses a realmurder. It takes an awful lot for me to forgive a film that centersaround a child, especially an obnoxious one like this. The very similarTALK ABOUT A STRANGER couldn't do it, despite the talents of JohnAlton. I hated young Bobby Driscoll throughout the picture and he'sundoubtedly its weakest link. His pouting and whining and "golly gee"demeanor are very grating. But director Ted Tetzlaff otherwise deliversa stunning noir. The photography is amazing, capturing the grittiness,desperation and danger of the urban setting beautifully. The script issolid, building tension at a steady pace, culminating in a lengthy andgripping chase sequence through a decrepit abandoned building. Tetzlaffclearly learned something about suspense as the cinematographer onNOTORIOUS. A great film with a lousy protagonist.
(21 April 2012)
a simple and effective thriller . . .
This sixty year old film may be viewed as tame today, but for its time, The Window (1949) is a simple and effective little thriller. Running just 73 minutes, there is hardly a wasted moment. Nine year old Tommy Woodry (Bobby Driscoll) lives in a New York City apartment with his mother (Barbara Hale) and father (Arthur Kennedy). One evening, while on the fire escape, he witnesses a murder while looking through the window of the apartment one floor above. With robbery as the apparent motive, the Kellerson's (husband and wife), shoved a pair of scissors into a sailor. Tommy has a reputation for exaggeration, and his parents don't believe him when he tells them what he has seen. He reports the crime to the police, but the Kellerson's don't arouse their suspicions. When the homicidal pair become aware that Tommy may have seen something, they abduct the boy when he is left alone at home. Fortunately Tommy is a resourceful lad, and manages to escape several times. The climax is a thrilling cat and mouse chase on the stairs of a condemned building, with Paul Stewart giving a good performance, as the menacing Joe Kellerson. Largely due to his performance in this film, Bobby Driscoll won a special Academy Award as the 'outstanding juvenile actor' of 1949. He is one of only twelve to win this award. Driscoll would later star as Jim Hawkins in Disney's Treasure Island (1950), and in perhaps his most famous role, he would provide the voice for Peter Pan, in Disney's 1953 animated feature. Unfortunately, Driscoll ran into problems with drugs and the law, and died under unusual circumstances in 1968, at the age of 31. The Window is not presently available on Region 1 DVD, but you may be able to catch it sometime on TCM.
(21 April 2012)
"I was on the fire escape! I saw ya!"
Eleven-year-old Bobby Driscoll won a special Oscar for his work in THE WINDOW. Driscoll portrays Tommy Woodry-- a little boy with a big imagination. Tommy's many fantasies and outright lies have in the past caused problems for his parents, so now this "boy who cried wolf" one too many times has a serious credibility problem.One stifling summer night, Tommy gets permission to sleep on the family's second floor fire escape. While outside, Tommy witnesses a murder in the apartment above through a partially-raised shade. Joe Kellerson (Stewart) stabs a man in the back with scissors.Tommy wakes his mom (Hale) and tells what he saw; she dismisses this report as another piece of fiction and tells him to go to bed. In the morning, Tommy's insistence that he's seen a homicide angers Ed Woodly (Kennedy), and the boy is sent to his room to "think about" these many lies.Instead, the determined kid slips away and runs to the police to report the crime. A detective brings Tommy home, goes upstairs, tells Mrs. Kellerson (Roman) that he's a building inspector, and looks around the apartment. Seeing nothing unusual, he leaves.Jean K. is alarmed by the visit and gets more so when Tommy and mother Mary come knocking. She wants her child to apologize to the neighbor for stories he's telling but the frightened Tommy refuses and runs downstairs.When Joe Kellerson returns home that night, Jean (correctly) insists that the boy downstairs knows about the killing. She drops off a telegram to Mary Woodly that the Kellersons received "by mistake." Mary is needed out of town to nurse a sick relative, and Ed, who works overnights tells his son he must stay home by himself. Terror-stricken, Tommy begs to go with his mom or dad, but is refused.The last half-hour of this story is a perfect exercise in sheer terror. "The Window" is a film not to be missed. Highest recommendation!.Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 IMDb viewer poll rating.(7.5) The Window (1949) - Barbara Hale/Arthur Kennedy/Paul Stewart/Ruth Roman/Bobby Driscoll
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