The Window (1949) August 19, 2006
Posted by derek in : Reviews, Thriller , trackback
Entertaining noir produced by RKO. Bobby Driscoll borrowed from Walt Disney plays a boy who is always making up stories to the extent that when he witnesses a murder nobody the police, his parents will believe him. His mother even tells him to apologise to the couple he witnessed committing the murder alerting them to the fact that the boy knows something. Stupid woman and she’s not the only thick adult here. It can be slightly irritating that Bobby is only one who is right and there is no build up to believing him. It does keep the film very suspenseful and a tense finale when the boy is creeping gingerly along a beam which could fall at any time. The parents are played by Arthur Kennedy and Barbara Hale. The murderers are played by Paul Stewart and Ruth Roman. (2 1/2 stars out of 5)
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