The Shadow on the Window

1957 PG-13 1h 16m

5.9 / 10 23

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5.9/10

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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. Can he recover soon enough to help the police - and his father - rescue his mother before it's too late?

Director William Asher

Writers

John Hawkins Ward Hawkins Leo Townsend

Stars

Philip Carey Betty Garrett John Drew Barrymore

Truck Driver (uncredited)

Paul Bryar

Bartender (uncredited)

Proprietor (uncredited)

Curtis Cooksey

Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

San Francisco Dispatcher (uncredited)

Ben Canfield (uncredited)

Bill Erwin

Policeman (uncredited)

Dr. Turnesa (uncredited)

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Jim Hayward

Dispatcher (uncredited)

Jim Warren (uncredited)

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Nora Marlowe

Mrs. Bergen (uncredited)

Eve McVeagh

Bessie Warren (uncredited)

Carl Milletaire

Sgt. Nordli (uncredited)

Mort Mills

Myra's Husband (uncredited)

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Ralph Montgomery

Bus Driver (uncredited)

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Billy Nelson

Unshaved Man (uncredited)

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Joe Quinn

Policeman (uncredited)

Young Man (uncredited)

Polikoff (uncredited)

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Russ Whiteman

Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Crime Drama

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Geronimo1967 11 Jan 2024

6/10

When three young hoodlums rob a remote farmhouse, they end up killing the owner and having to take his secretary hostage. Luckily, her young son "Petey" (Jerry Mathers) escapes and turns up, shell-shocked, before his policeman father "Atlas" (Philip Carey) unable to speak! Now the thing is, the parents are estranged and the cop has no idea as to where his son has been, nor where his estranged wife...