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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1944 DVD Release: 07/10/2007 Format: DVD - Black and White Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 39 mins Studio: MGM Members Wishing: 9 Genres: Thriller, Film Noir, Crime Drama, Psychological Thriller

Directed by Fritz Lang, The Woman in the Window, a sadly tragic film noir, is the story of the doomed love of married psychology-professor Wanley (Edward G. Robinson), who, with murderous results, meets and falls in love with another woman. Wanley first sees the portrait of a beautiful woman, Alice (Joan Bennett), and then meets the woman herself. After committing murder in self-defense, he finds himself blackmailed by Heidt (Dan Duryea). The script, written by Nunnally Johnson, is carefully structured with crisp dialogue and a convincing ending. Lang is at his best, getting excellent performances from Robinson, as the doomed, naive professor, and Bennett both. The Woman in the Window shows that good and evil are present in all, and that circumstances frequently dictate moral choices. Based on J.H. Wallis' novel Once Off Guard, the film gives viewers their money's worth with not one but two logical and satisfying surprise twists at the end. ~ Linda Rasmussen, All Movie Guide

Edward G. Robinson - Prof. Richard Wanley
Joan Bennett - Alice Reed
Raymond Massey - Frank Lalor
Dan Duryea - Heidt/Doorman
Edmund Breon - Dr. Michael Barkstone