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A woman's sanity comes into question, after she claims to have witnessed a murder from her apartment window.A woman's sanity comes into question, after she claims to have witnessed a murder from her apartment window.A woman's sanity comes into question, after she claims to have witnessed a murder from her apartment window.
Adeline De Walt Reynolds
- The Old Lady
- (as Adeline de Walt Reynolds)
Claude Akins
- Police Officer
- (uncredited)
Russell Custer
- Police Officer
- (uncredited)
Sam Edwards
- Tommy
- (uncredited)
Jean Fenwick
- Nurse
- (uncredited)
Fred Graham
- Plainclothes Man
- (uncredited)
Gertrude Graner
- Policewoman
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Chester Erskine
- Nunnally Johnson(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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Did you know
- TriviaIn an unusual connection for the time (or possibly a product placement), the W&J Sloan Company in Beverly Hills - where Cheryl worked - was a real furniture and interior decorating firm founded in New York City in 1843. It went bankrupt in 1985. According to the end credits, the company supplied set decorations and furnishings for the film.
- GoofsThe story is taking place in Los Angeles, but the map on the wall in Larry's office is that of San Francisco.
- Quotes
The Old Lady - Mental Patient: Show Mr. Peabody into the library please.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Frances Farmer Presents: Witness to Murder (1959)
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Great example of "Film Noir:" Just watching the patterns of shadows is a treat
This is a great example of "film noir," as every scene has some sort of shadow pattern on the wall, the floor, the faces. All shots are done with key light on the faces. The patterns suggest "jail," "locked up," "flight" (as in a train track), "trapped," (as in a cobweb), and others. There isn't one scene that doesn't have a shadow in it! Even the day time sequences. And the actors that had great careers: Stanwyck, Gary Merrill, Claude Akins, even Jesse (the original maytag repairman) White, and, of course, George Sanders, who plays a "deNazified" ex-Nazi. Whew! Great stuff.
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- Also known as
- Zeugin des Mordes
- Filming locations
- Linda Vista Apartments, 939 S. Serrano Ave., Los Angeles, California, USA(Cheryl Draper's apartment building)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.75 : 1
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