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The Woman in the Window

The Woman in the Window (1944)

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Release Date: Nov 3, 1944 Wide

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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

Unrated, 1 hr. 39 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Classics

Nunnally Johnson

Jul 10, 2007

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Critic Reviews for The Woman in the Window

All Critics (14) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (1) | DVD (5)

... one of Fritz Lang's subtlest films.

May 1, 2011 Full Review Source: Parallax View | Comment
Richard T. Jameson
Parallax View

For much of its brisk running time, The Woman in the Window plays like another balls-to-the-wall gem from the rarely-less-than-masterful Fritz Lang.

January 30, 2011 Full Review Source: Film and Felt | Comment
Gabe Leibowitz
Film and Felt

Richly styled, inventive detective story.

July 18, 2009 Full Review Source: Classic Film and Television | Comment
Michael E. Grost
Classic Film and Television

Plays out with frightening, gripping logic, each new step and new realization suddenly appearing like a cold sweat.

August 23, 2007 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | Comment
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

A passable presentation of Fritz Lang's slowly paced, overpraised noir will please historians and mirror aficionados.

July 24, 2007 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Sean Howe
Slant Magazine

The Woman in the Window is mostly notable as a dry run for the following year's Scarlet Street.

July 24, 2007 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Sean Howe
Slant Magazine

The resultant tone of The Woman in the Window is completely unremitting, until it hilariously does remit.

October 17, 2006 Full Review Source: MovieMartyr.com | Comment
Jeremy Heilman
MovieMartyr.com

A classic Fritz Lang film noir about the transgression of middle-class morality.

July 3, 2002 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
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Pure noir gold.

August 28, 2008
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Bob Stinson

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First M, then Metropolis, and now The Woman in the Window. It seems that when Lang is at the helm, I can always expect a great film. While this is the first film of his that I have seen of his days in America, it appears that his transpacific migration did not have a negative effect on his eye for fantastic cinema.

February 22, 2011
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Reid Volk

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