The House Across the Street (1949)

Directed by

Richard L. Bare

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 09m

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A newspaper editor gets mixed up with a crime story and a woman from across the street. He tries to solve the case while dealing with romantic complications.

light-heartedplayfulbreezyfast-pacedwhimsicalcomicalcheerful

What happens

The House Across the Street is a 1949 American comedy film directed by Richard L. Bare and written by Russell S. Hughes. The film stars Wayne Morris, Janis Paige, Bruce Bennett, Alan Hale, Sr., James Mitchell and Barbara Bates. The film was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on September 10, 1949. The story on which the screenplay was based, written by Roy Chanslor, was originally made as the movie Hi Nellie in 1936. The source material had also been reworked in Love Is on the Air (1937) and You Can't Escape Forever (1942). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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