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La finestra socchiusa

Titolo originale: The Window
  • 1949
  • T
  • 1h 13min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
7,4/10
5219
LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
La finestra socchiusa (1949)
Film NoirDramaThriller

Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaTo avoid the heat of a sweltering summer night a 9-year-old Manhattan boy decides to sleep on the fire escape and witnesses a murder, but no one will believe him.To avoid the heat of a sweltering summer night a 9-year-old Manhattan boy decides to sleep on the fire escape and witnesses a murder, but no one will believe him.To avoid the heat of a sweltering summer night a 9-year-old Manhattan boy decides to sleep on the fire escape and witnesses a murder, but no one will believe him.

  • Regia
    • Ted Tetzlaff
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Mel Dinelli
    • Cornell Woolrich
  • Star
    • Bobby Driscoll
    • Barbara Hale
    • Arthur Kennedy
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    7,4/10
    5219
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    • Regia
      • Ted Tetzlaff
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Mel Dinelli
      • Cornell Woolrich
    • Star
      • Bobby Driscoll
      • Barbara Hale
      • Arthur Kennedy
    • 93Recensioni degli utenti
    • 35Recensioni della critica
    • 78Metascore
  • Vedi le informazioni sulla produzione su IMDbPro
  • Vedi le informazioni sulla produzione su IMDbPro
    • Candidato a 1 Oscar
      • 5 vittorie e 3 candidature totali

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    Interpreti principali23

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    Bobby Driscoll
    Bobby Driscoll
    • Tommy
    Barbara Hale
    Barbara Hale
    • Mary Woodry
    Arthur Kennedy
    Arthur Kennedy
    • Ed Woodry
    Paul Stewart
    Paul Stewart
    • Joe Kellerson
    Ruth Roman
    Ruth Roman
    • Jean Kellerson
    Tom Ahearne
      Richard Benedict
      Richard Benedict
      • Murdered Seaman
      • (non citato nei titoli originali)
      Tom Coleman
      • Cop Carrying Stretcher
      • (non citato nei titoli originali)
      Lloyd Dawson
      • Police Officer
      • (non citato nei titoli originali)
      Carl Faulkner
      • Police Officer
      • (non citato nei titoli originali)
      Budd Fine
      • Police Officer
      • (non citato nei titoli originali)
      Charles Flynn
      • Police Officer
      • (non citato nei titoli originali)
      Lee Kass
      • Reporter
      • (non citato nei titoli originali)
      Johnny Kern
      Johnny Kern
      • Observer at Scene
      • (non citato nei titoli originali)
      Eric Mack
      • Police Officer
      • (non citato nei titoli originali)
      James Nolan
      James Nolan
      • Stranger on Street
      • (non citato nei titoli originali)
      Lee Phelps
      • Police Officer
      • (non citato nei titoli originali)
      Anthony Ross
      Anthony Ross
      • Detective Ross
      • (non citato nei titoli originali)
      • Regia
        • Ted Tetzlaff
      • Sceneggiatura
        • Mel Dinelli
        • Cornell Woolrich
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      Recensioni degli utenti93

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      JulieKelleher57

      Claustrophobic thriller

      The claustrophobic cinematography makes this film. You feel cramped and trapped as does our young hero. The tenements are lit just enough for you to imaging all sorts of horrors within. The ending was evidently rushed and a bit hokey; the director et al. could have fleshed it out a bit more

      This is a very real film, in that we all know children who 'fabricate' as easily as they breath. Bobby Driscoll was superb. I've never seen his Disney work -- now I'll keep my eye out for his name.

      I loved seeing a younger Arthur Kennedy (before he played only drunks) and a plain but always pretty Barbara Hale (pre-Perry Mason). Both were excellent and demonstrated a range I never gave them credit for.
      8AAdaSC

      Cry wolf at your peril

      Young Bobby Driscoll (Tommy) makes up stories to his friends and to his parents. One night, he sleeps on the fire escape outside the apartment of Paul Stewart (Mr Kellerson) and Ruth Roman (Mrs Kellerson) where he witnesses them commit a murder. When he tells his parents Arthur Kennedy and Barbara Hale about it, they dismiss him. In fact, they punish him. Even the police don't believe him when he reports the murder to them. Poor kid. No-one believes him. It's not long before Paul Stewart and Ruth Roman find out that he knows something and set a plan in motion to silence him.

      There are many tense scenes as Driscoll faces his nightmare all alone. The audience shares his fear as the killers have him next on their list. The acting is realistic as is the dialogue. The film also has eerie sections (eg, Ruth Roman outside Driscoll's window with a torch as he hides in his locked room) and dramatic moments (eg, when the killers kidnap Driscoll and put him in the back of a cab and they encounter a policeman). The strategy that Paul Stewart and Ruth Roman use to shut him up during the cab ride is genius. It's very funny and demonstrates perfect teamwork.

      Children are usually annoying in films. Not here. A dramatic ending in a disused apartment block adds to the tension. Worth watching again. The way the movie is filmed and the location all add to the experience of a film that is actually quite scary in parts.
      dougdoepke

      Neo-Realism Meets Noir

      A little boy learns the value of truth-telling in white-knuckle, claustrophobic fashion— a memorably done movie in all departments. No need to dwell here on the consensus strong points.

      Seeing this taut little thriller in a small western town when I was 10 not only scared the heck out of me, but influenced my perception of urban life for years to come. Seeing the film again 60 years later, I'm impressed with producer Dore Schary's insistence on the grimness of the tenements, at least by later suburban standards. There's no attempt to glamorize or even varnish the family's dingy, cramped flat. Whether on NY location or on an RKO sound stage, the lighting remains dark and oppressive. Of course, that not only heightens the noirish atmosphere, but also lends an uncommon degree of realism to the family's working- class environment. After all, Dad works the nightshift, while Mom helps with the extended family, leaving little Tommy home alone. And that, I believe, amounts to more than just a handy plot device. And get a load of the on-location ruins where the kids play at the beginning—looks like something out of post-war Europe. No wonder MGM went after Schary in an effort to become more socially relevant in post-Andy Hardy America. There may be a lot of Hollywood in the melodrama itself, but the look and feel is definitely not Hollywood of the time. What a fine little film that's still edge-of-the-seat excitement. And, if I recall correctly, I was an especially good little boy for a long time afterward.
      8wingspancd

      Crying Wolf has never been so deadly...or as entertaining!!

      While this film noir is listed as unavailable on DVD, I took a chance and purchased a "collector's" DVD copy on ebay, something I didn't condone until I realized that some of these old films will never be released and only exist as public domain property in 16mm prints. That being said, I watched "The Window" on an unlabeled DVD-R copy and was very impressed with the quality of both the audio and video. I've purchased other "legit" releases only to find the packaging far superior in quality to the program. "The Window" features a very plausible plot set in a run down urban neighborhood full of tenements and condemned buildings. A nine-year old boy with a vivid imagination and a reputation for telling tall tales, witnesses a murder by his upstairs neighbors while sleeping on the fire escape one sweltering summer night. After going to his dismissing parents, then to the police without their consent, he is sent on his way into a nightmarish experience. The suspenseful sequences are masterfully paced, and there really isn't a slow moment in the film. I would definitely buy this film if, one day, it's released in commercial packaging. Tense, taut and brilliantly done on the obviously low budget.
      Doylenf

      Exceptional little thriller of a child's worst nightmare...

      The theme of a murder being witnessed by someone who no one believes, is based on the familiar concept of "cry wolf once too often and no one will believe you when you're telling the truth". Here it's played to the nth degree by an excellent cast--Bobby Driscoll, Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Ruth Roman and Paul Stewart--and directed in realistic, gritty style by Ted Tetzlaff. The New York tenement setting is an absorbing environment for this chilling tale of a boy who is in danger when the murderers know they have been seen--and must come to grips with his situation without the aid of his parents or police. Based on a Cornell Woolrich story, it's so tight and suspenseful for the length of its running time that it effectively projects the dark, nightmare world where one's worst childhood fears can come true. With the dark ambiance of lower East Side tenaments as its setting, danger and death seem to entrap the boy in every lurking shadow until his ultimate pursuit by the killers. This is a modest thriller that achieves a maximum of suspense thanks to the skillful performance by child star Bobby Driscoll and bears a resemblance to other Woolrich stories, as for example 'Rear Window'. Barbara Hale and Arthur Kennedy register strongly as the parents. Ruth Roman and Paul Stewart are a chilly pair as the neighbors from hell.

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      • Quiz
        This film was shot in the latter part of 1947 but shelved by RKO boss Howard Hughes and released in 1949. When Bobby Driscoll got his Juvenile Oscar in 1950, he was 13 years old.
      • Blooper
        (at around 4 mins) While running down the top flight of stairs to play with the neighbor boys, Tommy's breath is visible. His breath is visible again (at around 25 mins) while he is running to the police station, just after he runs past the canopy of 136th. This is due to shooting in the late Fall when the movie is set in the 94 degree heat of summer.
      • Citazioni

        [last lines]

        Tommy: [Tommy and his parents are in the back of a police car on the way to the police station] And that's all the truth.

        Police Officer: That was some jump, son.

        Tommy: Yeah, but I know one thing. I'm never gonna be a fireman. I don't like jumpin' in those nets.

        Ed Woodry: I'm proud of you, Tommy. And from now on, I promise I'll believe you.

        Tommy: I'm glad, Pop. And from now on, I promise I'll never make up another story.

        Mary Woodry: That'll make us all happy.

        Ed Woodry: I'll bet when we get down to the station, a lot of guys are going to point at me and say, "There goes Tommy Woodry's father."

        [Tommy smiles and his father chuckles over a shot of his son's beaming face]

      • Curiosità sui crediti
        The role of "Tommy" played by BOBBY DRISCOLL by special arrangement with WALT DISNEY
      • Connessioni
        Featured in Crumb (1994)

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      Dettagli

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      • Data di uscita
        • 7 gennaio 1950 (Italia)
      • Paese di origine
        • Stati Uniti
      • Lingua
        • Inglese
      • Celebre anche come
        • The Window
      • Luoghi delle riprese
        • New York, New York, Stati Uniti(abandoned tenements on 105th and 116th Streets)
      • Azienda produttrice
        • RKO Radio Pictures
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      • Budget
        • 210.000 USD (previsto)
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      • Tempo di esecuzione
        1 ora 13 minuti
      • Colore
        • Black and White
      • Proporzioni
        • 1.37 : 1

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