Directed by Fritz Lang
Starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey, Edmund Breon, Dan Duryea
After seeing Man Hunt (1941) in high school, I figured that if Fritz Lang did it, it was in my best interest to watch it. One of the first movies I tracked down after this realization was The Woman In The Window (1944). It proved my theory.
Mild-mannered professor Edward G. Robinson sees a painting in a store window, then notices that the beautiful woman in the painting (Joan Bennett) is standing next to him. One thing leads to another, and before you know it, Robinson is in a helluva mess and Lang has you completely tangled up in knots.
Kino Lorber is bringing this noir-y masterpiece to Blu-Ray in June. Highly, highly recommended.
I like Scarlet Street (same director and cast trio of Robinson, Bennett, and Duryea) even better, and recommend them highly as a double bill. I also read that Robinson hated being in both films because he didn’t like playing the fool/dupe.
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Scarlet Street IS terrific. Whatever he thinks of em, Robinson did a good job of playing an oddball variation on the Hitchcock/Stewart everyman.
Robinson must’ve preferred playing the super smart Nazi hunter in The Stranger.
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