The Bedroom Window (1987) Reviews

Main character's married girlfriend sees attack from his bedroom window but won't testify. He tells police what she saw, claiming to have seen it himself. Case gets dismissed when it's revealed in court that he is too near sighted to have ID'd attacker. Detectives get suspicious and investigate him, conclude that he was the attacker, and also responsible for ongoing serial rapes and murders. He has several opportunities to explain what really happened, but doesn't. Instead, he follows the attacker to a bar, implicating himself in the next murder. He still doesn't go to police. Instead he confronts his married girlfriend at a ballet and is also implicated in her murder. Only the woman who was attacked outside his bedroom window now knows about the affair and that he's innocent. Together, they decide to put her in a position to be attacked again so the real murderer will be caught in the act. At that point the stupidity was too frustrating to watch anymore.
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In spite of a few gaping holes in the plot, this is a solid mystery thriller, with plenty of twists in the Hitchcock style. Great pacing, and always interesting. The cast is terrific and very likable, well directed. Thoroughly entertaining.
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