A Window in London

A Window in London (1940)

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.

Date of release
1940-06-15
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 17m
Genres
Thriller
Director
Herbert Mason

Casting

Interesting facts

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.

Production

Filming took place at Waterloo Bridge which was still under construction. Filming also took place at the Thames Embankment, the Chelsea Palace, the Savoy Court, Dolphin Square and on the London District Railway. On 8 June 1939, Kinematograph Weekly announced that exterior scenes would "be filmed at Baron's Court Underground Station and in Parliament Square."

Eliot Makeham who had an uncredited role as the doorman previously had roles in Mason's East Meets West and Take My Tip. In the past when Patricia Roc saw several West End productions, she saw "many of the great actors" (including Michael Redgrave) perform on stage. The "central plot" of A Window in London inspired Jules White's short 1946 film Hiss and Yell.

Read on Wikipedia · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.

Recommended