Visitors Review

Hunters_Souffle (2012-05-26 07:01)

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.

ironside (2012-05-26 01:52)

Another outstanding but much underrated thriller in that era...

The central figure of 'The Window' was a slum ten-year-old boy (BobbyDriscoll), living in New York poor neighborhood and known to everyonethere as a teller of fantastic stories…His parents (Arthur Kennedy and Barbara Hale) warned him he must stophis fantasies… and what followed was a classic up-dating of the boy whocried 'wolf' once too often…One stifling night, the boy climbed out on to a fire escape to seekcool air and, through a crack under a window blind, he witnessed amurder…He knew no one would believe him although this time, for the firsttime, his story was true… He tried to tell his mother that he had seena couple called Kellerson trying to rob a drunk and killing him in afight: the boy got scolded for his imagination and sent to bed… Hisfather locked him in for punishment; the boy escaped and took his storyto the police station. A detective investigated, but could find nobody, no signs of a struggle…Now the awful irony: the guilty Kellersons learn through the detectivethat the boy had seen them committing the crime, and the boy's parents,with terrifyingly understandable logic, send the boy to the killers toapologize 'for spreading such an awful story about them'.The Kellersons cannot decide: should they leave well alone, as nobodybelieves the boy; or should they commit another crime to cover thefirst?'The Window' is a classic little second feature, entertaining andsuspenseful; unfortunately it had few successful imitators…

kyle_furr (2012-05-24 07:39)

pretty bad

A young boy who is always making up stories and his parents are gettingp**sed off at him. Like one time he almost gets them kicked out of theirapartment. One night he goes and sleeps out on the fire escape since it isso hot outside. He goes up higher because it's cooler up their and throughthe crack in the blinds, he sees a man stabbed to death with a pair ofscissors. He's able to sneak off without being seen and the two whocommitted the murder hide the body in an abandoned building. The boy tellshis parents but they don't believe him as usual, so he goes to the policeand they don't believe him either. The parents find out about his going tothe police and takes the boy to apologize to them. After they know the boyknows, they wait to his parents leave and are going to take care of him.Themovie wasn't in the least bit scary and it's quite pathetic.

poe426 (2012-05-23 20:36)

Neglected noir...

First saw this nail-biter when I was a kid. It still holds up. Based on aCornell Woolrich story (as was REAR WINDOW), this one boasts some of themost stunning cinematography I've ever seen. Director Tetzlaff, himself acinematographer of considerable skill (he shot Alfred Hitchcock'sNOTORIOUS), milks this one for all it's worth. Bobby Driscoll (the kidunderground comix artist Robert Crumb reveals his brother fell in love within the documentary CRUMB) never once wavers under the camera's closescrutiny: his must be one of the greatest performances EVER by a kid in afeature film. In fact, it's his performance that carries the film. PaulStewart is as creepy as they come; his performance, as good as it is,perfectly compliments the low-key desperation of young Driscoll. Absolutelymust-see moviemaking.

(2012-05-22 22:39)

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.

MARIO GAUCI (2012-05-22 12:25)

THE WINDOW (Ted Tetzlaff, 1949) ***1/2

This classic noir about a boy’s lying ways catching up with him haslost some of the edge it once possessed with the years (due to itslow-key nature, but also a plethora of imitations); however, it remainsa satisfying and very well-made ‘B’ movie – despite the simplisticattitudes displayed by some of the characters involved.Bobby Driscoll is impressive in the leading role, and deservedly won aSpecial Oscar for his performance; his parents, then, are played byBarbara Hale and Arthur Kennedy. The boy witnesses a murder from thefire-escape of his tenement building one night, but nobody believeshim…except that the couple responsible (Paul Stewart and Ruth Roman,who are both excellent here) can’t take any chances and decide tosilence him for good! As I said, some of the situations defycredibility – though one has to take into account the fact that it wasmade in more innocent times: okay, so the boy tends to allow hisimagination to get the better of him…but his parents’ blind trust intheir neighbors, the Police’s apparent unwillingness to act, or themere notion that people living in an apartment building would own apasskey seems a bit much! With this in mind, the second half makes amends with a number of solidsuspense touches (often tinged with irony) – such as the incident whena letter arrives necessitating Hale’s absence from the house, whichwould leave Driscoll all alone (since Kennedy works nights): the boybelieves it to have been sent expressly by the villains, but it turnsout to be genuine. Similarly, at his wits’ end, the boy decides to runaway but soon after hears a key turning in the lock of their front door– fully expecting Stewart to appear, the caller emerges to be his ownfather who was worried about the boy and has come home to literally barDriscoll inside his room!; then, when the neighbor really does show up,he even helps him (unbeknownst to the boy) to come out ofconfinement…so that he can deal with him! After a near-escape for thevillains when Driscoll causes a commotion in a cab with a policeofficer looking on, the plot resolves itself in a hair-raising chaseinside a condemned building (where the murderous couple had previouslyconveniently hidden the body).To be honest, I prefer the fatalistic and denser approach to the genre– but this nevertheless is given a real shot in the arm by itsremarkable New York locations (having been a cinematographer, directorTetzlaff displays an enviable eye for detail throughout)…not to mentionthe fact that its depiction of life-threatening goings-on behind closeddoors resonated with me personally due to a recent tragedy.

skallisjr (2012-05-20 06:41)

Pretty Good

I haven't seen this film since 1949, but it left an impression on me.The idea of a child prone to tall tales who can't get anyone to believehim when he's reporting something serious goes back to the tale of theboy who cried "Wolf," but here it's presented well.Spoiler.To me, the most chilling moment was when the boy wrote a note ofapology to his parents, but the postscript was carefully excised by thekillers. Without the postscript, reiterating the truth of his report,the note read as if he was apologizing for making the report! It wastorn off, using a ruler to make the bottom edge look natural, slowlyenough so that the audience could absorb the import of the act.Not the best film of its kind, but really suspenseful.

dougdoepke (2012-05-19 20:05)

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 beginning—lookslike 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.

jpdoherty (2012-05-19 12:58)

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.

NuKu-NuKu (2012-05-19 04:20)

Ultraviolence. 1940's style.

Late-night tv sometimes throws up some high quality gems. The Window isoneof them. And before you go saying ''aww! but this movie is old and in b&w,ibet it's awful!" STOP. Take a step back. This movie isexcellent.9 year old Tommy Woodry (Bobby Driscoll) is a lying little git. Alwaystelling lies and making up stories. It's gotten to the point where no-onebelieves a word he says anymore, noteven his own parents.Tommy's world is about to come crashing down around him after he iswitnessto a murder in the apartment above his one night. The problem is, Tommyknows the truth, no-one believe's him and to make matters worse theKellerton family upstairs (the murderer's) find out that Tommy knows whathappened and want him silenced.I swear to god, this movie was so harsh. Harsh in the sense that for amoviethats well over 50 years old now - taken in it's original form withoutmodern day conception - this is one violent movie. One guy gets beaten tonear death then is finished off getting stabbed to death with a pair ofscissors in front of a kid. The Kellerton's kidnap Tommy and in one sceneJoe Kellerton (Paul Stewart) punches the little boy in the face aboutthreetimes then drugs him with chlorophyl!! Another point to add, this movie isactually banned in Finland! This movie must have genuinely shocked it'soriginal audience when it was first shown back in 1949.This is a dark movie; very eerie and some scenes mount incredible depthsoftension. The acting is superb and the camerawork doublyso.If your a true movie fan and are happy to watch any movie no matter theage,you'll love this. It's a real treat and i'm glad i caught this one on tv.Special mention goes out to fellow IMDB user Bob The Moo, who supplied mewith a VHS edition! Now to track down the DVD...

brocksilvey (2012-05-18 00:23)

Would Make Hitchcock Proud

I was impressed with this film. It's quite a well made little movie forits type: well scripted and directed, and especially well acted. Childstar Bobby Driscoll plays a little boy living in a New York Cityapartment building during a sweltering summer, who sees his upstairsneighbors murder someone. He can't get anyone to believe him, becausehe's become notorious for making up stories. But the killers find outthat he knows something, and they come after him.The actors that play Driscoll's parents are very good, especiallyArthur Kennedy, that old pro of a character actor, who makes theworking class Joe he's playing here utterly believable. You'llrecognize Paul Stewart, the male half of the murdering couple, as thecrime boss with a pool in Robert Aldrich's "Kiss Me Deadly." And Ishould also mention Bobby Driscoll, who does not play his role in theprecocious, cloying 40's child star manner you might suspect, butinstead is able to come across as a normal every-day little boy.The plot's not complicated, but nevertheless the script writers takepains to make sure that there's a logical motivation behind everyaction, and you don't have to suspend disbelief while watching thisfilm as you do with virtually every other crime thriller drama fromthis time period. And the movie does a great job at tapping into thatfeeling all children at some point experience of being all alone intheir own home, when everything suddenly seems stranger and moresinister without the protective presence of their parents.A fine no-nonsense film from the last days of the 40's and well worthtracking down.Grade: A

ccthemovieman-1 (2012-05-17 06:06)

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.

bob the moo (2012-05-14 06:41)

Solid B-movie, predictable but enjoyable

The Woodry family live on a housing tenement made up of several blocks. Their son, Tommy, has a habit of telling wild stories he has made up and hisparents can't seem to break his habit. One very hot night Tommy sleeps onthe fire escape to try and cool down but hears noises from the apartmentabove and looks in their window. He sees Mr and Mrs Kellerton kill a manand dump his body. Tommy tells his parents but they don't believe him butwhen he tells the police the Kellerton's realise they must kill Tommy beforehe can tell anyone else.I taped this film solely because I wanted to see Barbara Hale before shebecame Perry Mason's secretary Della Street. I knew nothing of the plot butthe opening title card telling the story of the boy who cried wolf basicallytold me everything. Basically you know what's going to happen and you canguess the outline of the ending from the first few scenes. However thatdidn't seem to matter to me. The film is short and manages to move along ata nice speed without dragging.The director has done a good job with the lighting etc and the dark streetsand corridors all add to the feeling of tension. The black and white was areal nice brown hint to the version I saw and worked a treat in some keyscenes. The finale is pretty good even if it holds no realsurprises.It's nice to see Kennedy as a younger man rather than the roles I know himfrom. Likewise Hale is good in a role unlike her minor turns as DellaStreet. She looks so very different but when she talks you know instantlywho it is. Driscoll is good with some issues. I didn't like his wide-eyedall American boy role, but then that WAS his role! Plus this was the 1950'swhere that's what child actors did (they still turn out the wide eyed stuffnow a bit too often). His range is good even if his `gee shucks mom'performance is grating.Overall this has no shocks and is pretty predictable. However it is quitewell paced and the director manages a good sense of tension and atmospherein the dark tenement block. A little more plot and explanation would havehelped but overall I enjoyed this for the 70 odd minutes it wason.

dahawk (2012-05-14 01:51)

memorable film

I saw this movie once, 50 years ago, as a 6-year old in Miami, Florida. Itterrified me then and images have stayed with me all this while. It has agreat plot--accidental witness to a murder with isolation of the witness(here, because he's a kid) putting him peril. I've wondered whetherHitchcock saw this and adapted the concept for Rear Window.I'd forgotten the name of "The Window" and found it by searching on theterm"fire escape"--this archive is quite powerful.

Atreyu_II (2012-05-13 09:57)

A brilliant film

This film is a masterpiece. It's one of the best movies of all times.It might be very old and in black and white, but I don't care and thatfact doesn't bother me at all - it makes perfect sense, considering thegeneration it is from. It's an excellent piece of cinema, appreciate itfor what it is without thinking about its age. Plus, a movie in blackand white is an art form, no matter how "primitive" it might be. Manytimes the most simple things are the best and this very interestingmotion picture is a very good example of this.This film is simple yet masterfully done. The plot is simple, easy tounderstand yet unpredictable and there isn't a single boring moment.The movie is visually simple yet visually fascinating at the same time.It's a suspense noir film, carefully made even in details. The pace issimply perfect. They don't make movies of this quality anymore.This is a RKO Pictures's production. All actors are great in theirroles, but Bobby Driscoll steals the show. He is simply superb. Infact, Driscoll's extraordinary performance as Tommy Woodry earned him awell deserved special Academy Award as the outstanding juvenile actor.Bobby Driscoll does incredible things in this film. He climbs up thebuilding's fire escape, runs entire floors (up and down), runs in NewYork streets... all stuff that require not only agility but also goodphysical shape. Plus, the character he portrays is the perfect exampleof someone who is being sincere but nobody believes because of hishabit of making up fantasious stories (although he doesn't do for bad).His eyes are very expressive, as well as his expressions. Bobby Driscoll's cuteness and charm matches the character he portrays:a lively, nice and adorable kid. We really feel bad for his character.He knows the truth about the homicide he witnessed (commited by theKellersons, his upstairs neighbors) and desperately tries to makepeople believe and no one does, not even the police. To make mattersworse, the poor kid is accused of being a liar and even forced toapologize the murderers, locked and left all alone at home (despitebegging many times not to be left alone), punished, every time he triesto do something things only get worse for him and ends up at the mercyof the killers. All of this makes his good parents seem almost as evilas the Kellersons. As for the police, it surprises me how incompetentand ignorant they are. In fact, the movie is very tense, dark, thrilling, intense and creepy.It's a fascinating movie experience. There are some terrifying momentscombined with small but significant details that makes them deliciouslymore sinister.A particularly frightening moment is when the criminals take Tommy in ataxicab and the kid screams in despair to the taxidriver (who doesn'thear and is unaware of what's going on) and to a police officer (who isfooled by the murderers - they pretend to be Tommy's parents and makethe policeman believe that the kid is paranoid). And then theKellersons punch him in the face and put him to sleep withchloroform... and their cruel intentions after that. The final minutesare also extremely tense and a producer of nerves. The movie is quite short. The only repair it'd deserve is a wee bitlarger ending and not so rushed as it is. But that is just a minordetail, the movie is perfect the way it is and takes many elements fromAlfred Hitchcock's work. And I love the look of NY in the 40's and allthose details showing the city's daily life, such as the Subway trains.The music of the film is marvelous, perfect for it. Bobby Driscoll is so amazing in this film that it makes me feel evenmore sorry for the disgrace his life became later. It's stupid that hewas fired just because of acne and just because he reached the curse ofgrowing up. His film career ended way too soon, in a time when he wasso young and talented and still had so much to give. Plus, he did somuch for Disney that he didn't deserve to be treated this way.This should definitely be on Top 250.

(2012-05-12 18:33)

Now it's down to this?

The movie is excellent. No issues there. And yes, this is the place to write what I am writing. Companies are now reverting to "on-demand" movies that are tranfered onto cheap dvd-r discs? Not only that but they're charging twice the price? This business has always been fraught with shady dealings and ripping off customers has long been the policies of the movie and music industry. Why do you think that it's in the state it's in? Now we are down to this grease-ball tactic. Here's a message to everyone who's making money off this; stick the movies in your personal little studio located below your back. People can watch movies free online now so I hope you bury yourselves even further than you already have by ripping people off. Oh and by the way, there's nothing "remastered" about this edition. It's a plain tranfer to disc.

21MM392 (2012-05-10 01:08)

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.

wingspancd (2012-05-09 19:02)

Crying Wolf has never been so deadly...or as entertaining!!

While this film noir is listed as unavailable on DVD, I took a chanceand purchased a "collector's" DVD copy on ebay, something I didn'tcondone until I realized that some of these old films will never bereleased and only exist as public domain property in 16mm prints. Thatbeing said, I watched "The Window" on an unlabeled DVD-R copy and wasvery impressed with the quality of both the audio and video. I'vepurchased other "legit" releases only to find the packaging farsuperior in quality to the program. "The Window" features a veryplausible plot set in a run down urban neighborhood full of tenementsand condemned buildings. A nine-year old boy with a vivid imaginationand a reputation for telling tall tales, witnesses a murder by hisupstairs neighbors while sleeping on the fire escape one swelteringsummer night. After going to his dismissing parents, then to the policewithout their consent, he is sent on his way into a nightmarishexperience. The suspenseful sequences are masterfully paced, and therereally isn't a slow moment in the film. I would definitely buy thisfilm if, one day, it's released in commercial packaging. Tense, tautand brilliantly done on the obviously low budget.

(2012-05-03 10:59)

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.

julikell (2012-05-02 20:12)

Claustrophobic thriller

The claustrophobic cinematography makes this film. You feel cramped andtrapped as does our young hero. The tenements are lit just enough for youtoimaging all sorts of horrors within. The ending was evidently rushed and abit hokey; the director et al. could have fleshed it out a bitmoreThis is a very real film, in that we all know children who 'fabricate' aseasily as they breath. Bobby Driscoll was superb. I've never seen hisDisneywork -- now I'll keep my eye out for his name.I loved seeing a younger Arthur Kennedy (before he played only drunks) andaplain but always pretty Barbara Hale (pre-Perry Mason). Both were excellentand demonstrated a range I never gave them credit for.