The Window

The Window

Through the Window He Saw it...but no one would believe him...no one except the Killers!

1949 · 73 min · ★ 7.0 · Thriller, Crime

An imaginative boy who frequently makes things up witnesses a murder, but can't get his parents or the police to believe him. The only people taking him seriously are the killers - who live upstairs, know that he saw what they did, and are out to permanently silence him.

Directed by Ted Tetzlaff · Written by Mel Dinelli

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