What happens to Edward G. Robinson’s character in The Woman in the Window?

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Fritz Lang directing Woman in the Moon (1929) — Fritz Lang Although it took Fritz Lang some 21 years to make 22 Hollywood films, arguably at least half of them are noirish masterpieces of menace. His time in Hollywood, which began in 1934, followed a directing career in Germany during the 1920s that included several landmark films.

In the film noir classic The Woman in the Window (1944), Edward G. Robinson portrays a married college professor who becomes infatuated with a woman depicted in a painting. His character’s involvement with her leads him into a series of unfortunate events, resulting in blackmail, murder, and an increasingly desperate struggle against the law.1