Lew Ayres

Laraine Day

Basil Rathbone

Walter Kingsford

Miles Mander

Charles D. Brown

Cliff Clark

James Flavin

Russell Gleason

William Tannen

Mark Daniels

Bert Roach

Russell Hicks

Charles Wagenheim

Robert Homans

Iris Adrian

Margaret Bert

Sam Ash

Robert Bradford

Ralph Brooks

Milton Parsons

Eddie Buzard

Bobby Callahan

George M. Carleton

Eddy Chandler

Mary Currier

Leslie Denison

Roger Moore

Jules Cowles

Ralph Dunn

William Lally

Dick Midgley

George Magrill

Arthur Belasco

Byron Foulger

Jerry Maren

Frank Marlowe

George Ovey

Edna Holland

Edwin Stanley

Hooper Atchley

Eddie Parker

Rand Brooks

Ernie Alexander

Jack Gardner

James Millican

Mahlon Hamilton

Wally Cassell

Lester Dorr

Arthur O'Connell

Lee Phelps

Frances Rafferty

Edward Hearn

Joe Yule

King Baggot

Brooks Benedict

Frank McLure

Harold Miller

Cyril Ring

Count Stefenelli

Cliff Danielson

Emmett Vogan

Frank Whitbeck

Ray Teal

David Tihmar

Charles Lederer

Irving Starr

Rose Caylor

Harry Stradling Sr.

Bronislau Kaper

Lawrence P. Bachmann

Charles Lawton Jr.

Cedric Gibbons

Bert Spurlin

Daniele Amfitheatrof

Charles Mandell

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

Douglas Shearer

Edwin B. Willis

Leonid Raab

George Boemler

Howard Shoup

William Ferrari

Mystery

Thriller

Fingers at the Window

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

United States of America

CinemaSerf

The folks in the Windy City are gripped with fear after the discovery of the latest body - another victim of a brutal axe murderer. Now those watching know a little about just who is behind these crimes - we certainly recognise his voice, so maybe there's not so much jeopardy on that front. What we do have, though, is quite an intriguing little mystery. By pure chance, "Oliver" (Lew Ayres) is strolling the street one night when he thinks he sees someone following "Edwina" (Laraine Day). He alerts a cop and that's that? Well not quite as she lets out a squeal and next thing the two of them are in cahoots trying to find out just who is behind these heinous crimes, and trying to discover why have they alighted on her as next for the chop. It helps that "Oliver" is a between jobs actor so can turn his hand to a few scenarios as they begin to piece together the puzzle - and that puts them even more into harms way, big style. I did quite like the sinister premiss here, mingling an hint of science with a plot that's quirky and at times quite clever - even if the ending is rather obvious and rushed. Ayres joins in enthusiastically and works well with Day and it's an enjoyable eighty minutes. This way madness lies? Well, perhaps not!

English

Fingers at the Window (1942)