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Rating: 6 stars

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NWI alcatraz escape double cross murder prison tax evasion san francisco

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The House Across the Bay (1940)

Directed by Archie Mayo

Film Noir | Crime

Overview

Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion charges and attacks by rivals. Believing Steve will be safer in prison for one year, his wife, Brenda, testifies against him on advice from his lawyer, Slant Kolma, who is in love with her. After Steve receives 10 years in Alcatraz, Brenda moves to be near him and avoids advances of airplane builder Tim Nolan, who knows nothing about her past.

Rated NR | Length 88 minutes

Actors

Virginia Brissac | George Raft | Joe Sawyer | Edward Fielding | Joan Bennett | Gino Corrado | Walter Pidgeon | Jim Farley | Gladys George | Lloyd Nolan | Jean Del Val | Emmett Vogan | Cyril Ring | Eddie Marr | James Craig | Joseph Crehan | Harry Harvey | Miki Morita | Harry Tyler | Mack Gray | Marcelle Corday | Norman Willis | Frances Morris | Victoria Vinton | Dorothy Vaughan | Billy Wayne | June Knight | Peggy Shannon | Cy Kendall | Frank Bruno | Max Wagner | Georges Renavent | Carol Adams | Harrison Greene | Paul Phillips | Donald Kerr | Bob Kortman | Freeman Wood | Kitty McHugh | Tom Quinn | Etta McDaniel | Sam Ash | Dick Rush | Max Hoffman Jr. | Franklyn Farnum | Allen Wood | Sam Finn | Sam Wren | Maxine Leslie | Al Ferguson | Martin Cichy | Kenner G. Kemp | Kit Guard | Isabel Withers | Ruth Warren | Jeanine O'Donnell | Pat O'Malley | Herman Marks | Armand 'Curly' Wright | Helen Shipman | Elsa Peterson | Lew Hicks | Herbert Ashley | Kay Gordon | John Bohn | Edith Haskins | Tom Coleman | Charles Griffin | Major McBride | Jack Lubell | Peter Camlin | Pearlie Norton | Mitzie Uehlien

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Pretty average noir.

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