THE FACE AT THE WINDOW (1939) Tod Slaughter, John Warwick & Aubrey Mallalieu | Drama, Horror | B&W

The Face at the Window is a 1939 British horror film directed by George King.[1] It was the second sound film adaptation of the 1897 stage melodrama by F. Brooke Warren after the 1932 version.

SYNOPSIS
Set in France in 1880. A series of murders is attributed to a Wolf Man.

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.

CAST & CREW
Tod Slaughter – Chevalier Lucio del Gardo
Marjorie Taylor – Cecile de Brisson
John Warwick – Lucien Cortier
Leonard Henry – Gaston, the Cook
Aubrey Mallalieu – M. de Brisson
Robert Adair – Police Inspector Gouffert
Wallace Evennett – Professor LeBlanc
Kay Lewis – Babette, the Maid
Bill Shine – Pierre, Babette's Beau
Margaret Yarde – La Pinan
Harry Terry – The Face at the Window

Directed by George King
Written by A. R. Rawlinson, Randall Faye
Produced by George King
Cinematography Hone Glendinning
Edited by Jack Harris
Music by Jack Beaver
Production company George King Productions
Distributed by British Lion Film Corporation (UK) Arthur Ziehm (U.S.)
Release date April 1939
Running time 65 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English