Back La dona del quadre Catalan The Woman in The Window Welsh Gefährliche Begegnung (1944) German La mujer del cuadro Spanish The Woman in the Window Basque بانویی پشت پنجره Persian Nainen ikkunassa Finnish La Femme au portrait French האישה בחלון (סרט, 1944) HE The Woman in the Window (film 1944) ID
| The Woman in the Window | |
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| Directed by | Fritz Lang |
| Screenplay by | Nunnally Johnson |
| Based on | Once Off Guard (1942) by J. H. Wallis |
| Produced by | Nunnally Johnson |
| Starring | Edward G. Robinson Joan Bennett Raymond Massey Dan Duryea |
| Cinematography | Milton R. Krasner |
| Edited by | Gene Fowler Jr. Marjorie Fowler |
| Music by | Arthur Lange |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Woman in the Window is a 1944 American film noir directed by Fritz Lang and starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey, and Dan Duryea. It tells the story of a middle-aged psychology professor[2] who murders in self-defense the lover of a young femme fatale he just met while his family is on vacation.[3]
The film is based on J. H. Wallis' 1942 novel Once Off Guard. Screenwriter Nunnally Johnson, having written the script for The Grapes of Wrath (1940), was invited by International Pictures to a picture deal, and The Woman in the Window was chosen as its premiere project.
The term "film noir" originated as a genre description in part because of The Woman in the Window.[4]
- ^ "The Woman in the Window: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
- ^ Biesen, Sheri Chinen (2005). Blackout: World War II and the origins of film noir. Johns Hopkins University Press, ISBN 978-0-8018-8218-0
- ^ The Woman in the Window at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.
- ^ Silver, Alain, and Elizabeth Ward, eds. Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style, page 1, 3rd edition, 1992. Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-479-5.