The Bedroom Window (film)
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| Directed by | Curtis Hanson |
| Produced by | Martha Schumacher Robert Towne |
| Written by | Anne Holden (novel, The Witnesses) Curtis Hanson (screenplay) |
| Starring | Steve Guttenberg Elizabeth McGovern Isabelle Huppert |
| Music by | Patrick Gleeson Michael Shrieve |
| Cinematography | Gilbert Taylor |
| Editing by | Scott Conrad |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox (USA) |
| Release date(s) | January 16, 1987 |
| Running time | 112 min. |
| Language | English |
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The Bedroom Window was a 1987 thriller directed by Curtis Hanson. The movie is based on the novel The Witnesses by Anne Holden [1]).
- Tagline: Innocent of murder. Guilty of love.
Terry (Steve Guttenberg) is having an affair with his boss' wife Sylvia (Isabelle Huppert). One night after an office party they are together and Sylvia witnesses an attack on Denise (Elizabeth McGovern) from Terry's bedroom window. She doesn't want to expose their relationship and so is reluctant about talking to the police. Terry, wanting to help, gives the police the description of the attacker. He soon becomes the main suspect in the case. He then sets out to find the real rapist/killer with some help from Denise.
[edit] Principal cast
- Steve Guttenberg : Terry Lambert
- Elizabeth McGovern : Denise
- Isabelle Huppert : Sylvia
- Paul Shenar : Collin
- Carl Lumbly : Quirke
- Wallace Shawn : Henderson's Attorney
- Frederick Coffin : Jessup
- Brad Greenquist : Henderson
- Robert Schenkkan : State Attorney Peters
[edit] Miscellaneous
The style of the film is heavily inspired by Alfred Hitchcock and contains many plot devices and imagery familiar from Hitchcock films.
