My first film noir after a serious black and white film drought had to be a good one. 'Witness to Murder' seems to me to be a mix of a couple of films, most notably 'Sorry, Wrong Number' where Barbara Stanwyck also becomes embroiled in a murder plot, and of course 'Rear Window'. She's still a wonderful actress but something here seems to be lacking. 1954 and really most of the better noirs had been and gone, so trying to keep up the same level of tension was proving to be difficult. George Sanders is one of my favourites but even he seemed a tad past his peak. Unfortunate because I actually liked the storyline. A woman witnesses a murder across the way through her bedroom window but cannot get the police to believe her apart from one who takes a shine to her and is convinced that she is not insane. Interesting film, but not one of the best.
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