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The Window

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Plot

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.

Cast

Bobby Driscoll as Tommy Woodry
Bobby Driscoll

as Tommy Woodry

Barbara Hale as Mary Woodry
Barbara Hale

as Mary Woodry

Arthur Kennedy as Ed Woodry
Arthur Kennedy

as Ed Woodry

Paul Stewart as Joe Kellerson
Paul Stewart

as Joe Kellerson

Ruth Roman as Jean Kellerson
Ruth Roman

as Jean Kellerson

Richard Benedict as Murdered Seaman (Uncredited)
Richard Benedict

as Murdered Seaman (Uncredited)

James Nolan as Stranger on Street (Uncredited)
James Nolan

as Stranger on Street (Uncredited)

Anthony Ross as Detective Ross (uncredited)
Anthony Ross

as Detective Ross (uncredited)

Tom Coleman as Cop Carrying Stretcher (Uncredited)
Tom Coleman

as Cop Carrying Stretcher (Uncredited)

Lloyd Dawson as Police Officer (Uncredited)
Lloyd Dawson

as Police Officer (Uncredited)

Movie Facts

Rated

  • Approved

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • May 10, 1949

Production Companies

  • RKO Radio Pictures

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 1.22 hrs

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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…