The House Across the Street (1949)

09/10/1949 (US) • 1h 9m

Comedy, Drama, Crime

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.

Top 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)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

newspaper

crime boss

advice columnist

newspaper editor

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