The Shadow on the Window

IMDb link: 0049748
IMDb rating: 6.1 (740 votes)
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Director: William Asher, Corey Allen
Cast: Philip Carey, Betty Garrett, John Drew Barrymore and others

Release date: 6 Mar 1957
Release year: 1957
Runtime: 76 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: 1950s, witness to a murder, young thug, robbery, home invasion, hostage, revolver, small boy, wandering off, highway

Plot:

Three teenagers, led by psychopathic Jess Reber, break into an isolated farmhouse and murder its prosperous owner whose secretary, Linda Atlas, witnesses the crime. The three thugs decide to hold her hostage. Detective Tony Atlas, perplexed by the sudden disappearance of Betty, his estranged wife, tries desperately to locate her.

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