Fingers at the Window

Fingers at the Window
Directed by	Charles Lederer
Produced by	Irving Starr
Written by	Rose Caylor; Lawrence Bachmann
Starring	Lew Ayres; Laraine Day; Basil Rathbone
Music by	Bronislau Kaper
Cinematography	Charles Lawton Jr.; Harry Stradling Sr.
Edited by	George Boemler
Production; company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	22 April 1942
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$320,000[1]
Box office	$548,000[1]

Fingers at the Window is a 1942 mystery film directed by Charles Lederer and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[2]

Plot

An axe murderer stalks Chicago. After six murders, the police identify six suspects, all of whom are lunatics not responsible for the crimes. Only one victim, socialite Edwina Brown (Laraine Day), has survived; she was rescued by actor Oliver Duffy (Lew Ayres).

After a second attempt on Edwina, Oliver deduces that the crimes are not random. He believes that someone is hypnotizing different people to commit each murder, but his far-fetched hypothesis leaves the police and Edwina skeptical.

Cast

Lew Ayres as Oliver Duffy
Laraine Day as Edwina Brown
Basil Rathbone as Dr. H. Santelle
Walter Kingsford as Dr. Cromwall
Miles Mander as Dr. Kurt Immelman
Charles D. Brown as Inspector Gallagher
Cliff Clark as Lt. Allison
James Flavin as Lt. Schaeffer
Russell Gleason as Ogilvie
William Tannen as Devlan
Mark Daniels as Haguey
Bert Roach as Krum
Russell Hicks as Dr. Chandley
Charles Wagenheim as Fred Bixley
Robert Homans as Officer O'Garrity
Byron Foulger as Bird Man (uncredited)

Reception

Box office

The film made $288,000 in the US and Canada and $260,000 elsewhere, making a profit of $29,000.[1]

Critical

The New York Times wrote, "this intended 'chiller' is decidedly soft and lukewarm,"[3] whereas Leonard Maltin called it an "Entertaining mystery".[4]

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References

The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
"Fingers at the Window (1942)". BFI.
https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9406E1DD123AE33BBC4B51DFB2668389659EDE
"Fingers at the Window (1942) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.

External links

Fingers at the Window on IMDb
Fingers at the Window at TCMDB
Fingers at the Window at AllMovie
Fingers at the Window at the American Film Institute Catalog

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[Mannix-1] The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

[2] "Fingers at the Window (1942)". BFI.

[3] ttps://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9406E1DD123AE33BBC4B51DFB2668389659EDE

[4] "Fingers at the Window (1942) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.