The plot relies too much on bad police work and characters making stupid decisions, and the end is rushed and a mess, but Bedroom Window, a thriller I loved as a kid and managed to dig up and rewatch last night, gleefully, is a fun, effective thriller and homage to Hitchcock, featuring not just a falsely accused The Wrong Man, but a Rear (bedroom) Window that affords a view of a crime, a Witness For The Prosecution courtroom fiasco, and hijinx at a The Man Who Knew Too Much gala event, and the movie also features terrific performances from Steve Guttenberg, perfectly cast as the boyish, truly short-sighted Terry Lambert who lies and tells police he witnessed a crime, Isabelle Huppert as the glamorous, self-interested other woman who actually witnessed the crime but didn't want to come forward, and Elizabeth McGovern as an assault victim and shrewd amateur undercover investigator.
★★★★☆
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