The House Across the Lake (1954)

Directed by

Ken Hughes

Genre

drama film, film noir, crime film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 08m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An American writer in London gets caught up in a dangerous relationship with a married woman. Her husband is found dead and suspicion falls on the writer.

tenseatmosphericsuspensefulnoirishgrittymelancholicdeliberate

What happens

The House Across the Lake (U.S. title: Heat Wave) is a 1954 British film noir crime film directed and written by Ken Hughes and starring Alex Nicol, Hillary Brooke, Sid James and Susan Stephen. Director Ken Hughes not only directed the film, he also was hired to write the screenplay based on a novel he wrote in 1952. Jimmy Sangster was assistant director, J. Elder Wills was the art director and Phil Leakey did Makeup. It was produced as a second feature by Hammer Films. It was released in the United States by Lippert Pictures. Filming began August 10, 1953 and ended on September 4, 1953. It was trade shown on May 26, 1954 at Studio One. The film was released first in the US in May, 1954 by Lippert Pictures (retitled Heat Wave), then later in the UK on June 21, 1954 by Associated British-Pathe. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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