Noir Alley: Eddie Muller on Woman In The Window (1944)

Woman in the Window, The - (Original Trailer)

Joan Bennett gets innocent professor Edward G. Robinson mixed up in murder in Fritz Lang's The Woman in the Window (1944).

Woman In The Window, The (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Some Psychological Aspects Of Homicide

Opening doesn’t seem for a moment incidental, establishing Edward G. Robinson as composed professor Wanley, Dorothy Peterson his wife departing for the summer with the kids, Raymond Massey and Edmond Breon as his friendly colleagues, and a portrait of Joan Bennett, in Fritz Lang’s chilling The Woman In The Window, 1944.

Woman In The Window, The (1944) -- (Movie Clip) What Kind Of A Guy Is He?

Alice (Joan Bennett) serves a drink to the blackmailer Heidt (Dan Duryea) in Fritz Lang's The Woman in the Window, 1944.

Woman In The Window, The (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Thanks For The Dime

Having committed no offense but justifiable homicide, Professor Wanley (Edward G. Robinson) leaves Joan Bennett (title character) with the body of her sponsor, flees New York to the north, and encounters a toll collector (Joe Devlin), Fritz Lang making it more than tense, in The Woman In The Window, 1944.

Woman In The Window, The (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Scissors All Right?

Claude Mazard (Arthur Loft) makes his only appearance, unexpected by Alice (Joan Bennett) and innocent visitor Professor Wanley (Edward G. Robinson) in this pivotal scene from The Woman In The Window, 1944.

Woman In The Window, The (1944) -- (Movie Clip) A Long Low Whistle

Alice (Joan Bennett) finds Professor Wanley (Edward G. Robinson) admiring her portrait in Fritz Lang's The Woman in the Window, (1944).