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The Woman in the Window

1944

Fritz Lang

Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey, Edmund Breon ...

8.1

16,680

Film noir. Mystery. Thriller Gotham College professor Wanley and his friends become obsessed with the portrait of a woman in the window next to the men's club. Wanley happens to meet the woman while admiring her portrait, and ends up in her apartment for talk and a bit of champagne. Her boyfriend bursts in and misinterprets Wanley's presence, whereupon a scuffle ensues and the boyfriend gets killed. In order to protect his reputation, the professor agrees to dump ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Ben Sachs Chicago Reader	"It's such a pure scenario in its pattern of desire, temptation, transgression, and guilt, and Lang emphasizes its elemental quality with stripped-down mise-en-scene."	POS
United States	Variety	"Nunnally Johnson whips up a strong and decidedly suspenseful murder melodrama (...) Added are especially fine timing in the direction by Fritz Lang and outstanding performances"	POS
United States	Sean Howe Slant	"Lang’s familiar, ripe-for-interpretation trademarks —mirrors, clocks, and shop windows— dovetail nicely with the dime-store psychoanalysis."	POS
United States	The New York Times	"A humdinger of a mystery melodrama (...) Superlatively directed by Fritz Lang and we couldn't imagine a better set of performers than the cast this picture boasts."	POS
United Kingdom	Tony Sloman Radio Times	"This clever melodrama was (...) directed with just the right amount of moody atmosphere by expressionist master Fritz Lang (...) There's no denying the power of this particular nightmare (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Geoff Andrew Time Out	"With Robinson in top form (...) With Bennett and Duryea superb (...) It's not merely a dazzling piece of suspense, but also a characteristically stark demonstration of Lang's belief in the inevitability of fate"	POS
United States	Peter Bogdanovich IndieWire	"[Robinson and Bennett] are also especially good (...) Exciting and provocative"	POS

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