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House by the River (1950)  link to House by the River on IMDb  

Number: 749

poster House by the River

IMDb Rating:
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7.2/10 (1861 votes)

Country: USA, 88 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

Director(s): Fritz Lang

Storyline:
The unsuccessful writer Stephen Byrne tries to force his servant Emily Gaunt sexually while his wife Marjorie Byrne is visiting a friend and accidentally strangles her. His crippled brother John Byrne coincidently comes to his house in that moment, and Stephen asks him to help to get rid of the corpse and avoid an scandal, since his wife would be pregnant. The naive and good John helps his brother to dump the body in the river nearby his house. Stephen uses the disappearance of Emily to blame her and promote his book. When the body is found by the police, all the evidences points to John, and he becomes the prime suspect of the murder.

Cast:
Louis Hayward (as Stephen Byrne), Lee Bowman (as John Byrne), Jane Wyatt (as Marjorie Byrne), Kathleen Freeman (as Effie Ferguson - Party Guest), Will Wright (as Inspector Sarten)

Medium: Digital Copy,

Comments: tv fr3

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3