The Face at the Window (1939)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1939
Running Times: 65 mins     70 mins
Format: black and white     35mm
Ratio: 1.37:1
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: British Lion Studios
Producer: Julius Hagen (uncredited)
Production Manager: Harold Richmond

SCRIPT
Scenario and Dialogue: A.R. Rawlinson
Treatment: Ronald Fayre
Book: Brooke Warren

DIRECTION
Director: George King
Assistant Director: Hal Mason

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Hone Glendinning

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Jack Harris

MUSIC
Music: Jack Beaver

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Harold King

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Philip Bawcombe

CAST
Tod Slaughter (Chevalier del Gardo)
John Warwick (Lucien Cortier)
Aubrey Mallalieu (M. de Brisson)
Marjorie Taylor (Cecile de Brisson)
Robert Adair (Inspector Gouffert)
Wallace Evenett (Professor LeBlanc)
Leonard Henry (Gaston)
Kay Lewis (Babette)
Billy Shine (Pierre)
Margaret Yarde (La Pinan)
Harry Terry (the face)

PLOT SUMMARY

Paris, 1880: the city is in the grip of Le Loup, the wolf-like killer stalking the streets. Michel, a worker at the bank owned by De Brisson, is the latest victim and talks briefly of a face at the window before dying. De Brisson's business is ailing and has to call upon the mercies of local businessman Chevalier del Gardo to help bail him out. De Brisson employee Lucien Cortier, who is in love with De Bresson's daughter Cecile, determines to track down the wolf and help to restore the business to its former glory.

UK
Theatrical Distributors: British Lion Films Ltd

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Arthur Ziehm Inc; Eros
Video Distributors: Kino on Video
DVD Distributors: Alpha Video (ALP4582D)

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

UK
Rating: A

TIMELINE

1952
April
28: UK - television broadcast (on BBC)

October
27: UK - television broadcast (on BBC)

1953
February
2: UK - television broadcast (on BBC)

1988
October
7: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 4)

1995
May
12: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 4)

1997
May
9: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 4)

1998
June
20: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 4)

LINKS

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
100 Years of Horror (1996)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

The Dark Side January / February 96 p.15 (UK)
review

Film Weekly vol.21 no.555 (3 June 1939) (UK)
review

Filmfax no.45 (June / July 1994) pp.31-35 (USA)
illustrated article (Tod Slaughter: Demon Barber of Great Britain by Ken Hanke)

Kinematograph Weekly no.1670 (20 April 1939) (UK)
review

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.6 no.66 (June 1939) p.111 (UK)
credits, review

Video Watchdog no.15 pp.13-14 (USA)
review

BOOKS

Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.128
credits, review

Reference Guide to Fantastic Film by Walt Lee p.130
credits

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

book into film

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008