
The Face at the Window
The Face at the Window is a 1939 British horror film directed by George King. It was the second sound film adaptation of the 1897 stage melodrama by F. Brooke Warren after the 1932 version.
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.
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More details
author | A. R. Rawlinson |
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contentLocation | Paris |
director | George King |
editor | Jack Harris |
genre | drama historical horror |
keywords | bank clerk series of murders true identity werewolf wolf man |
musicBy | Jack Beaver |
producer | George King |
productionCompany | George King Productions |
publisher | British Lion Film Corporation |
theme | melodrama |