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The Face at the Window is a 1939 British horror film directed by George King.[1] It was the second sound film adaptation of the 1897 stage melodrama by F. Brooke Warren after the 1932 version.[2][3][4][5]

The Face at the Window
Directed by	George King
Written by	A. R. Rawlinson (scenario and dialogue) Randall Faye (treatment)
Based on	the "Famous Melodrama", The Face at the Window by F. Brooke Warren
Produced by	George King
Starring	Tod Slaughter
Cinematography	Hone Glendinning
Edited by	Jack Harris
Music by	Jack Beaver
Production company	George King Productions
Distributed by	British Lion Film Corporation (UK) Arthur Ziehm (U.S.)
Release date	April 1939 (1939-04)
Running time	65 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Plot

In Paris in 1880, a series of murders involving a grotesque face appearing at victims' windows, is attributed to a mysterious Wolf Man. After being accused of being the perpetrator, bank clerk Lucien Cortier (John Warwick) seeks to uncover the true identity of the murderer. Chevalier Lucio del Gardo seems determined to successfully prosecute Cortier for the murders.

Cast

• Tod Slaughter – Chevalier Lucio del Gardo
• Marjorie Taylor – Cecile de Brisson
• John Warwick – Lucien Cortier
• Leonard Henry – Gaston, the Cook
• Aubrey Mallalieu – M. de Brisson
• Robert Adair – Police Inspector Gouffert
• Wallace Evennett – Professor LeBlanc
• Kay Lewis – Babette, the Maid
• Bill Shine – Pierre, Babette's Beau
• Margaret Yarde – La Pinan
• Harry Terry – The Face at the Window

Critical reception

In a contemporary review, Film Weekly called the film "a vintage thriller, put over in the right, rich spirit of years ago";[6] while more recently Britmovie praised "a sinister Tod Slaughter hamming it up marvellously."[7] and the Radio Times wrote, "As with any film featuring the outrageously operatic antics of early horror star Tod Slaughter, this slow, stagebound murder-mystery would be completely unwatchable without the producer-star's presence."[5]

References

External links

• The Face at the Window at IMDb
• Face at the Window at BFI Screenonline

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