Rear Window meets gaslighting in this paranoid 70s TV gem.
A murder witness can't convince the police that the killer lives in the apartment across the courtyard from him, and he realizes he is the sniper's next victim.
Acting
Richard Crenna's sweaty desperation sells every unhinged moment.
Direction
William Hale turns a TV budget into genuine Rear Window dread.
Director
William Hale
Richard Crenna
Howard Faloon
Patty Duke
Jan Richards
Vic Morrow
Detective Rausch
Arlene Golonka
Linda
Richard Schaal
George
Peter Bromilow
Taylor
Doreen Lang
Louise
Arch Johnson
Super
Norbert Schiller
Albert
Wright King
Director
Christopher Joy
Doctor
John Travolta
Man Outside Store (uncredited)
Henry Winkler
Auditioning Actor (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was a CBS Tuesday Night Movie, airing in the same slot that once held the infamous 'Helter Skelter' adaptation.
Vic Morrow's casting as the skeptical detective hits different knowing his tragic death on 'Twilight Zone: The Movie' less than a decade later.
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