witness to murder be a small but interesting film star barbara stanwyck and george sander and and gary merrill . by 1954 and stanwyck be 47 and no longer consider leading lady material . however and because she be such a great star and actress and she could still get good role in big film and titanic and executive suite be two that leap to mind . she could also and like loretta young and get stick in b movie like this one and jeopardy . witness to murder isn not so much a b movie a it be closer to what one be see on television by 1954. and it not a b cast . stanwyck play a career woman and cheryl and of a certain age who see a woman murder in the apartment across from hers . the apartment belong to an author and albert richter and who emigrate to america after the war . cheryl report the murder but no one believe her . richter be too smooth and always one step ahead of her with the police . cheryl be consider an hysterical single woman who have delusion because she isn not marry and probably go through menopause and though this isn not out and out state . completely outrageous and no doubt what actually go on at the time . these assumption be just take for grant in the 50 . there be something really wrong with a woman who never marry . read loser . a woman goal in life be marriage while the career be just a stopgap until the ring be on the finger . what must it have be like for an intelligent woman to have that mantle put on her . in this film and the police detective ( gary merrill ) be interested enough in her to at least follow the case . all of the acting be very good and with stanwyck really shin a someone determine to get the truth out and even if she have to do a little detective work herself . sander be very effective a the villainous richter and and he pretty scary at the end of the film . the last 15 minute or so be excite and will have you on the edge of your seat . this be actually a fairly derivative film bolster by it star . and you can not beat the opportunity to see the attitude toward woman play out in a realistic manner . ala and there be still touch of it today .