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House by the River is a 1950 American film noir directed by Fritz Lang and starring Louis Hayward, Lee Bowman and Jane Wyatt. [1] It is based on the 1921 novel of the same title by A. P. Herbert.
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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
House by the River is directed by Fritz Lang and adapted by Mel Dinelli from A.P. Herbert's novel The House on the River. It stars Louis Hayward, Jane Wyatt, Lee Bowman & Dorothy Patrick. Music is by George Antheil and photography by Edward J. Cronjager.
Directed by Fritz Lang. WOMEN SPOKE OF HER with Scorn…MEN THOUGHT OF HER with Longing! 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.
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- Fritz Lang
In the 1890s, in the back garden of his elegant Victorian house on the banks of a river, unsuccessful novelist Stephen Byrne struggles with his latest manuscript. When the maid, Emily Gaunt, asks Stephen for permission to use the upstairs bath, he blithely agrees as his wife Marjorie has gone out.
Oct 20, 2005 · At turns bizarre, hysterical and compelling, House by the River embodies all of its director’s idiosyncrasies, and takes some of his obsessions to ludicrous extremes. Lang’s lead, Hayward, is a fine, sensitive actor, a South African who had been traumatised by his service in the Second World War.
Inexplicably considered one of director Fritz Lang’s lesser noirs, House by the River is a ravishing, perverse, and contemporary film that depicts the wages of sin in a Victorian culture of suppression. Louis Hayward stars as Stephen Byrne, a self-centered novelist who lives in the titular house with his wife Marjorie (Jane Wyatt) and maid ...
