A Window in London

A Window in London
Directed byHerbert Mason
Written byBrigid Cooper
Ian Dalrymple
Screenplay byIan Dalrymple
Story byR. Herbert
Max Maret
Produced byRichard Norton
Josef Somlo
StarringMichael Redgrave
Sally Gray
Paul Lukas
Hartley Power
Patricia Roc
CinematographyGlen MacWilliams
Edited byPhilip Charlot
Music byBretton Byrd
Production
company
Greenspan & Seligman Enterprises Ltd.
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors
Times Pictures
Release dates
  • 15 June 1940 (1940-06-15) (United Kingdom)
  • 14 February 1942 (1942-02-14) (US)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

A Window in London is a 1940 British thriller film directed by Herbert Mason, written by Brigid Cooper and Ian Dalrymple for Greenspan & Seligman Enterprises Ltd and distributed by General Film Distributors. The cast includes Michael Redgrave, Patricia Roc, Sally Gray, Paul Lukas and Hartley Power. It is a remake of the French film Metropolitan (1939). The plot focuses on a man who becomes drawn to the wife of a jealous magician - after spotting what appears to be a murder in their flat.

The film is set in London, and was made when Waterloo Bridge was still under construction. It was released in the US in 1942 under the title Lady in Distress[1] and released to cinemas in the United Kingdom on 15 June 1940.

  1. ^ Keaney, 2008, p. 220