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Rating: 6.5 stars

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NWI adultery

All movies seen on 06/11/2012

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House by the River (1950)

Directed by Fritz Lang

Crime | Drama | Film Noir

Overview

Wealthy writer Stephen Byrne tries to seduce the family maid, but when she resists, he kills her. Long jealous of his brother John, Stephen does his best to pin the blame for the murder on his sibling. Also affected by Stephen’s arrogant dementia is his long-suffering wife Marjorie.

Rated NR | Length 88 minutes

Actors

Louis Hayward | Jane Wyatt | Lee Bowman | Dorothy Patrick | Ann Shoemaker | Jody Gilbert | Sarah Padden | Peter Brocco | Howland Chamberlain | Leslie Kimmell | Effie Laird | Will Wright | Kathleen Freeman | Margaret Seddon | Alex Gerry | Carl Switzer | George Taylor

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

A nice moody, sinister film noir with some great cinematography and another great death on a staircase scene!

I watched this on my computer since the kids were occupying all the available TVs.

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