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…
Through the Window He Saw it...but no one would believe him...no one except the Killers!
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 Cast
Bobby Driscoll
Tommy Woodry
Barbara Hale
Mary Woodry
Arthur Kennedy
Ed Woodry
Paul Stewart
Joe Kellerson
Ruth Roman
Jean Kellerson
Richard Benedict
Murdered Seaman (Uncredited)
James Nolan
Stranger on Street (Uncredited)
Anthony Ross
Detective Ross (uncredited)
Tom Coleman
Cop Carrying Stretcher (Uncredited)
Lloyd Dawson
Police Officer (Uncredited)
Carl Faulkner
Police Officer (Uncredited)
Budd Fine
Police Officer (Uncredited)
Eric Mack
Police Officer (Uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Police Officer (Uncredited)
Carl Saxe
Police Officer (Uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
Police Officer (Uncredited)
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What is The Window about?
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.
When was The Window released?
The Window was released in 1949.
What genres does The Window belong to?
The Window is categorised as Thriller, Crime.
Who stars in The Window?
The cast of The Window includes Bobby Driscoll, Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart, Ruth Roman.