The House Across the Street
The story of a redheaded shill!
1949 · 69 min · ★ 4.8 · Comedy, Drama, Crime
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.
Directed by Richard L. Bare · Written by Russell S. Hughes
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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) -
Billy Gray Boy (uncredited) -
Douglas Kennedy Narrator (uncredited)
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