A Window in London (1940)
1h 17m
Running Time
June 15, 1940Release Date
A Window in London (1940)
1h 17m
Running Time
June 15, 1940Release Date
Plot.
A man witnesses a murder that isn't a murder, only to get involved with the magician and his wife who created the illusion. The insanely jealous magician husband eventually kills his wife, making for complications in life of unhappily married man who is now involved more than he ever thought he would be.
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Cast & Crew.
Michael Redgrave
Peter
Sally Gray
Vivian
Paul Lukas
Zoltini
Hartley Power
Max Preston
Patricia Roc
Pat
Gertrude Musgrove
Telephonist
George Carney
Night-Watchman
Bryan Coleman
Constable
Alf Goddard
Tiny
Brigid Cooper
Writer
Glen Alyn
Andrea
Wilfred Walter
Foreman
George Merritt
Manager
Herbert Mason
Director
John Salew
Reporter
Max Maret
Writer
Pamela Randall
Singer
Howard Douglas
Hotel Manager
Ian Dalrymple
Writer
Josef Somlo
Producer
Cameron Hall
Hotel Doorman
Allan Jeayes
Sir Edward
Glen MacWilliams
Cinematographer
Philip Charlot
Editor
Details.
Wiki.
A Window in London is a 1940 British thriller film directed by Herbert Mason, written by Brigid Cooper and Ian Dalrymple for Greenspan & Seligman Enterprises Ltd and distributed by General Film Distributors. The cast includes Michael Redgrave, Patricia Roc, Sally Gray, Paul Lukas and Hartley Power. It is a remake of the French film Metropolitan (1939). The plot focuses on a man who becomes drawn to the wife of a jealous magician - after spotting what appears to be a murder in their flat.
The film is set in London, and was made when Waterloo Bridge was still under construction. It was released in the US in 1942 under the title Lady in Distress and released to cinemas in the United Kingdom on 15 June, 1940.