The Woman in the Window (1944 Film)

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.

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.

Cast & Characters:
Edward G. Robinson as Professor Richard Wanley
Joan Bennett as Alice Reed
Raymond Massey as District Attorney Frank Lalor
Edmund Breon as Dr. Michael Barkstane
Dan Duryea as Heidt/Ted, the Doorman
Thomas E. Jackson as Inspector Jackson, Homicide Bureau
Dorothy Peterson as Mrs. Wanley
Arthur Loft as Claude Mazard/Frank Howard/Charlie the Hat-Check Man
Iris Adrian as the woman who asks Wanley for a light in the final scene