Credited cast: | |||
Talia Shire | ... | Emily Hollander | |
Joe Cortese | ... | Bob Luffrono (as Joseph Cortese) | |
Elizabeth Ashley | ... | Andrea Glassen | |
Kay Medford | ... | Ida Marx | |
Michael Gorrin | ... | Sam Marx | |
Russell Horton | ... | Steven Hollander | |
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Michael Lipton | ... | Dr. Marin |
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Rick Petrucelli | ... | Lawrence Obecny |
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Ron Ryan | ... | Detective Swid |
Linda Gillen | ... | Police Woman | |
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Tony DiBenedetto | ... | Nick |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Bryce Bond | ... | Voice-over |
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Ken Chapin | ... | Renting Agent |
Bette Davis | ... | Charlotte Vale (archive footage) | |
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Marty Greene | ... | Ira |
Emily is the subject of a perverse obsession by a gay neighbor, Andrea, who not only is in lust with her but hires a rapist in order to get audio tapes of her moaning. Andrea turns peeping tom and watches Emily with a telescope as she begins a love affair with Detective Luffrono. Written by Dale Berryessa
"Windows" was directed by noted cinematographer (and frequent Woody Allen collaborator) Gordon Willis, and as one would expect, he has a great eye for artful compositions, creative use of light / shadow, and New York. The film is (nearly) always visually interesting, which helps sustain it through a rather thin story. Elizabeth Ashley is both touching and unsettling, but Talia Shire seemed to have already been typecast into the mousy, "Rocky's wife" type of roles. Trivia: apparently in 1979 you could rent an apartment in Brooklyn Heights for $300 a month!! **1/2 out of 4.