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A Window in London is a British film of genre Thriller directed by Herbert Mason released in USA on 14 february 1942 with Michael Redgrave
A Window in London (1940)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 14 february 1942
Length 1h17
Directed by Herbert Mason
OriginUnited-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Rating64%
A Window in London is a 1940 British thriller film directed by Herbert Mason starring Michael Redgrave as Peter, a crane operator, Patricia Roc as Pat, Sally Gray, Paul Lukas and Hartley Power. It was released with the alternative title Lady in Distress in the United States. It is a remake of the 1939 French film Metropolitan. The plot focuses on a crane operator who becomes drawn to the wife of a jealous magician - after spotting what seems to be a murder in their flat.
The film is set in London, when Waterloo Bridge was still under construction.
Synopsis
Pat (Patricia Roc), a hotel switchboard operator and Peter (Michael Redgrave) a crane operator are a happy well meaning couple, however because of their different shifts during the day they have no time for each other. While he works during the day on the construction of Waterloo Bridge his patient wife works during the night on a hotel telephone exchange. One morning on his way to work, Peter goes on the London Underground train and spots what seems to be a murder being committed on at the open window of a building overlooking the tracks. Deciding to investigate this "crime" Peter and a policeman arrive at the residence. There they find out that the couple were in fact rehearsing an illusion. Zoltini is a bad tempered magician and his wife Vivienne (Sally Gray) is his assistant. The suspicious magician becomes sure that his wife is having an affair with Peter - every time he sees her with the handsome stranger. On another night Zoltini and Vivienne have an argument on the backstage - leading to him slapping her in the face. As a result, Vivienne leaves (while her husband performs on stage) and takes a taxi with Peter up to his crane. Furious with Vivienne for leaving during the 'vanishing women' sequence of their performance, Zoltini looks for his wife while Pat has been sacked from the hotel for not paying attention to her job.Actors
Michael Redgrave
(Peter Thompson)
Sally Gray
(Vivian Zoltini)
Paul Lukas
(Louie Zoltini)
Hartley Power
(Max Preston)
Patricia Roc
(Pat Thompson)
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