Caftan Woman Posted by on April 10, 2020

Movie buffs all understand the conflicting emotions when you discover a film you have never heard of that features a favourite performer or director. Such was my experience about 15 years ago when a local channel aired Witness to Murder, 1954. On one hand, it was a treat to have...   read more

In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood Posted by Crystal Kalyana on October 12, 2015

Alfred Hitchcock may have attained triumphant results for Rear Window in 1954, but Barbara Stanwyck also proved that she could surpass his record in a more thrilling production titled Witness To Murder, a suspenseful Film Noir that resembles Rear Window, also released the same year. If it weren&#8   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on June 3, 2015

It’s always fun watching two movies with similar plots and released ridiculously close apart, and seeing which one is better remembered. In this case, there’s little director Roy Rowland could do with Witness to Murder that would make it stand out against the better regarded Alfred Hitch   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on October 19, 2012

(Image via impawards.com) Cheryl Draper (no relation to Don; portrayed by Barbara Stanwyck) is an aging woman who never married and lives alone in an apartment. One night, she wakes and sees through her bedroom window a man in a neighboring apartment building strangling a woman. Being the good citiz   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on June 5, 2011

Witness to Murder(1954). Suspense film starring Barbara Stanwyck. Late one night, while Cheryl Draper, was closing her bedroom window, she sees a man, Albert Richter, strangling a woman across the street. Cheryl phones the police, but before Lt. Lawrence Mathews and Sgt. Eddie Vincent arrive to i   read more

Where Danger Lives Posted by Mark on April 13, 2009

For a movie that goes out of its way to mock the television cop dramas of the day, the screenplay for 1954’s Witness to Murder is ironically conventional and topped off with cliché. In spite of this, and the fact that stars Stanwyck and Sanders are playing characters we’ve seen...   read more