Louis Hayward
Stephen Byrne
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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 ...
- March 25, 1950
- Howard Welsch
The House by the River. Written by Gail Holst-Warhaft (trans.) Lena Manta. Review by Waheed Rabbani. In the years before WWII, Theodora and Gerasimos live in a small house by a river, at the foot of Mount Olympus in Greece. Theirs is a simple life: maintaining a vegetable garden, keeping chickens and goats, and working as farmhands.
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
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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.
Synopsis. 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.
- 88 min
Critics reviews. While his wife is away, Stephen Byrne—a wealthy, deranged, and failed writer—accidentally murders his maid after she resists his advances. He ropes his brother John into helping him hide the body and then does his best to pin the blame for the murder on his sibling.
