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- Louis HaywardStephen Byrne
- Jane WyattMarjorie Byrne
- Lee BowmanJohn Byrne
- Dorothy PatrickEmily Gaunt
- Ann ShoemakerMrs. Ambrose
- Jody GilbertFlora Bantam
- Peter BroccoHarry
- Howland ChamberlainDistrict Attorney
- Margaret SeddonMrs. Whittaker
- Sarah PaddenMrs. Beach
- Kathleen FreemanEffie Ferguson
- Will WrightInspector Sarten
House by the River (1950) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
A rich novelist, Stephen Byrne, who lives and works by a river, accidentally kills his attractive maid after she begins screaming when he makes a drunken pass. The writer manipulates his brother, John, who is physically impaired with a limp, to help him dispose of the body. Making use of a sack, which Stephen has borrowed from John for carrying ...
House by the River: Directed by Fritz Lang. With Louis Hayward, Lee Bowman, Jane Wyatt, Dorothy Patrick. A deranged writer murders a maid after she resists his advances.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Fritz Lang
- 1950-03-25
Mono (RCA Sound System) Color. Black and White. Theatrical Aspect Ratio. 1.37 : 1. Film Length. 7,930ft. A deranged writer murders a maid after she resists his advances. The writer engages his brother's help in hiding the body, and then watches as the brother becomes the prime suspect.
- Fritz Lang, John Grubbs
- Louis Hayward
Fritz Lang. Director. A.P. Herbert. Novel. Mel Dinelli. Writer. 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.
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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.
Originally, director Lang had proposed that the unfortunate maid be a black woman, and that the killing take place accidentally during some harmless flirtation on Hayward's part. He was vetoed by the timorous Republic staff (even the slightest hint of miscegenation was taboo in 1950), but House by the River turned out pretty well all the same.