The Woman in the Window (1944)

Posted : 1 year, 4 months ago at Jul 18 13:36

"The Woman in the Window" has a gripping storyline with lots of surprises along the way and edge of your seat suspense. Edward G. Robinson gives a first rate performance in the film which was made the same year that he starred in Billy Wilder's "Double Indemnity" (1944). To have two great parts such as these in the same year was a remarkable achievement but Robinson was a talented actor and played a large variety of roles in a long and successful career. He started out at Warner Bros. in typical gangster roles (along with Bogart and Cagney) but by the 40s had branched out into other more satisfying characterisations. In "The Woman in the Window" he was outstanding as Professor Richard Wanley and received excellent support from Joan Bennett as the seductive Alice Reed. Dan Duryea was suitab...Read more