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The Shadow on the Window is a 1957 American film noir crime film directed by William Asher and starring Philip Carey, Betty Garrett and John Drew Barrymore. The screenplay involves a boy (Jerry Mathers) who is traumatized after seeing his mother being terrorized by thugs.
The Shadow on the Window: Directed by William Asher. With Philip Carey, Betty Garrett, John Drew Barrymore, Corey Allen. Three young thugs rob a farmhouse, kill the owner and take his stenographer hostage but the woman's estranged husband, a police detective, starts investigating her disappearance.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- William Asher
- 1957-03-06
Sep 4, 2023 · While out playing in the yard of his mother's employer, young Petey Atlas (Jerry Mathers) hears screams, races back to the house and witnesses his mother, Linda Atlas (Betty Garrett), being...
- 73 min
- 96.7K
- Donald P. Borchers
Three young thugs rob a farmhouse, kill the owner and take his stenographer hostage but the woman's estranged husband, a police detective, starts investigati...
- 73 min
- 1500
- Cinema4Reel
The Shadow on the Window is a 1957 American film NOlR crime film directed by William Asher and starring Jerry Mathers, Philip Carey, Betty Garrett and John Drew Barrymore. He was the father of actress Drew Barrymore.
- 73 min
Three delinquents murder a prosperous farmer at an isolated farm house. One witness to the crime - the dead man's secretary - is then taken hostage. The other witness - her young son - is thrown into state of shock.
In the 1950’s, the breakdown of the traditional family led to child trauma, kidnapping, and murder, according to William Asher’s The Shadow on the Window, in which Leave it to Beaver (quite literally, in the form of little Jerry Mathers) meets home invasion noir.
