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The House Across the Street(1949)
Status: Released
Date: 1949-09-10
45%
4 Votes
Time: 1h 9m
The story of a redheaded shill!
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
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United States of America
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Movie: The House Across the Street
Top 10 Billed Cast
Wayne Morris
Dave Joslin
Janis Paige
Kit Williams
Bruce Bennett
Matthew J. Keever
Alan Hale
J.B. Grennell
James Mitchell
Marty Bremer
Barbara Bates
Beth Roberts
James Holden
Carl Schrader
Irving Bacon
Jury Foreman (uncredited)
George Chandler
Carl's Boss (uncredited)
Alex Gerry
Lawyer Markley (uncredited)
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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.
Release Date
1949-09-10
Average
4.5
Rating:
2.3 startsTagline
The story of a redheaded shill!
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