What is The Big Heat / TheWoman in the Window about?

Double Feature: New 35mm Print! THE BIG HEAT, 1953, Sony Repertory, 90 min. Dir. Fritz Lang. Cop Glenn Ford tries to bust psychotic racketeer Lee Marvin, with a little help from his moll (Gloria Grahame). The film’s infamous coffee-pot scene has lost none of its jolt. THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW, 1944, MGM/Park Circus, 107 min. Dir. Fritz Lang. Gotham College professor Richard Wanley (Edward G. Robinson) becomes obsessed with a woman’s portrait in the window near his men’s club. While admiring the painting, he meets the flesh-and-blood subject (Joan Bennett) and is willingly lured up to her apartment for some Champagne. The woman’s boyfriend bursts in, gets the wrong idea, a lethal scuffle ensues, and before you can say “poor sap,” Wanley agrees to dump the body and cover up the death. Special ticket pricing: $5 for seniors!

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What is The Big Heat / TheWoman in the Window about?: Double Feature: New 35mm Print! THE BIG HEAT, 1953, Sony Repertory, 90 min. Dir. Fritz Lang. Cop Glenn Ford tries to bust psychotic racketeer Lee Marvin, with a little help from his moll (Gloria Grahame). The film’s infamous coffee-pot scene has lost none of its jolt.

THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW, 1944, MGM/Park Circus, 107 min. Dir. Fritz Lang. Gotham College professor Richard Wanley (Edward G. Robinson) becomes obsessed with a woman’s portrait in the window near his men’s club. While admiring the painting, he meets the flesh-and-blood subject (Joan Bennett) and is willingly lured up to her apartment for some Champagne. The woman’s boyfriend bursts in, gets the wrong idea, a lethal scuffle ensues, and before you can say “poor sap,” Wanley agrees to dump the body and cover up the death. Special ticket pricing: $5 for seniors!