The Woman in the Window (1944)

My Review

Edward G. Robinson stars as a mild-mannered professor who becomes obsessed the picture of a woman in a storefront window in “The Woman in the Window.” He soon meets her, adeptly played by Joan Bennett. She involves the good professor in an unbelievable quagmire of problems. Director Fritz Lang (“Metropolis” 1927) and screenwriter Nunnally Johnson put together this film noir melodrama which keeps viewers on the edge of their seats for the entire 99 minute running time.

The cast includes Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey, Dan Duryea, Dorothy Peterson, Edmond Breon, Thomas E. Jackson, Arthur Loft, and Iris Adrian. “The Woman in the Window” was a huge box office sensation for producer Nunnally Johnson, International Pictures, and RKO Radio Pictures. It received one Oscar nod for Best Musical Scoring (Hugo Friedhofer and Arthur Lange).