- For the Arthur Sullivan song cycle, see The Window (song cycle). For the How I Met Your Mother episode, see The Window (How I Met Your Mother).
The Window is a 1949 American
black-and-white suspense
film noir, based on the short story "The Boy Cried Murder" (reprinted as "Fire Escape") by
Cornell Woolrich. The film, which was a critical success, was produced by Frederic Ullman, Jr. for $210,000 but earned much more, making it a box office hit for
RKO Pictures. The film was directed by
Ted Tetzlaff, who worked as a
cinematographer on over 100 films, including another successful suspense film,
Alfred Hitchcock's
Notorious (
1946).