Review of The Woman in the Window (1944) by Reid V — 03 Apr 2011
Fritz Lang keeps the tension high as our poor unassuming professor stupidly becomes ensnared in what ends up being a fictional foray into the sordid world of blackmail and murder. Scarlet Street is better than this, because Robinson's character is even more tragically hornswoggled into stepping outside his comfort zone, and it seems more convincing that he follows Joan Bennett around.
In this movie, it is stupidly impetuous of him to do the things he does; the ending does not help things either (it's all a dream my ass). But because "it's all a dream" *rolls eyes* there are some marvelously clever libidinous references sprinkled throughout the movie to signify our hapless hero's suppressed urges and desires.
For that, Lang is to be commended. For the ending, he should have a pie thrown in his face. Scarlet Street is this movie done even better, but this movie is a great exercise in noir until the unfortunately vanilla ending.
This review of The Woman in the Window (1944) was written by Reid V on 03 Apr 2011.
The Woman in the Window has generally received very positive reviews.
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