The Window
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| RKO Radio Pictures | Release Date: May 21, 1949 |
Summary:
To avoid the heat of a sweltering summer night a 9-year-old Manhattan boy decides to sleep on the fire escape and witnesses a murder, but no one will believe him.
Genre(s):
Drama, Thriller, Film-Noir
Runtime:
73 min
Shot on location in New York by director Ted Tetzlaff, it's tense and fresh and, at 73 minutes, remarkably taut. [14 Sep 2012]
It's "Rear Window" with kids, and it's gorgeously shot with long, looming, twisted perspectives on actual New York locations, by cinematographer-turned-director Tetzlaff ("Notorious"). [27 Feb 2000, p.27C]
Tight, claustrophobic direction by Ted Tetzlaff. [12 Apr 1990]
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