CinemaOSMovie · 1949 · 1h 9m

The House Across the Street

The story of a redheaded shill!

48%(6)IMDbComedyDramaCrime

Dave Joslin, the managing editor of a big-city newspaper, is demoted and moved to the Miss Lonely Hearts column-writing department by the newspaper's publisher, J. B. Grennell, because Joslin refuses to desist in printing stories linking a gangster, Matthew Keever, to a murder. But Joslin, aided by Kit Williams, a newspaper woman with whom he is in love, investigate the murder case on their own time.

Directed byRichard L. Bare

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 9m
Language
EN
Released
September 10, 1949
Studios
Warner Bros. Pictures

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Wayne Morris

Wayne Morris

Dave Joslin

Janis Paige

Janis Paige

Kit Williams

Bruce Bennett

Bruce Bennett

Matthew J. Keever

Alan Hale

Alan Hale

J.B. Grennell

James Mitchell

James Mitchell

Marty Bremer

Barbara Bates

Barbara Bates

Beth Roberts

James Holden

James Holden

Carl Schrader

Irving Bacon

Irving Bacon

Jury Foreman (uncredited)

George Chandler

George Chandler

Carl's Boss (uncredited)

Alex Gerry

Alex Gerry

Lawyer Markley (uncredited)

Creative team
Directed by
Richard L. Bare
Richard L. Bare
Written by
Roy Chanslor
Russell S. Hughes
Produced by
Saul Elkins

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