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The House Across the Street
The House Across the Street

The House Across the Street

The story of a redheaded shill!

Genres

ComedyDramaCrime

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

69 mins

Rating

4.5/10

Release Date

10 September 1949

Country

United States of America

Cast

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)

Billy Gray

Billy Gray

Boy (uncredited)

Douglas Kennedy

Douglas Kennedy

Narrator (uncredited)

Charles Lane

Charles Lane

Apartment Manager (uncredited)

Doreen McCann

Doreen McCann

Madge (uncredited)

Lila Leeds

Lila Leeds

Billie Martin (uncredited)

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