House by the River (Special Edition) (Blu-ray)

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Exiled to Republic Pictures, Fritz Lang (Metropolis, Scarlet Street) created House by the River, a shocking and mordant low-budget thriller. Like fellow cinema giants Orson Welles and John Ford, Lang enjoyed a freedom at Republic that allowed him to make a truly unique and personal film. Regarding House by the River, Cahiers du Cinema declared, Langs main erotic obsession is displayed more clearly than in any of his other films. Victorian neer-do-well Stephen Byrne (Louis Hayward, And Then There Were None) assaults and accidentally murders his wifes virginal housekeeper. With the reluctant assistance of loyal brother John (Lee Bowman, Bataan), Stephen remorselessly consigns the girls corpse to the river. But as Johns affection for Stephens wife Marjorie (Jane Wyatt, Pitfall), police suspicion about the girls disappearance, and the depths of Stephens depravity all escalate, the river itself provokes a horrifying reunion between victim and murderer. Boasting an ingenious script by The Sp

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Format Blu-ray
Release Date Jan 21, 2020
Genre Film Noir, Mystery
Actors Louis Hayward, Jane Wyatt, Lee Bowman, Dorothy Patrick, Ann Shoemaker, Jody Gilbert,
Director Fritz Lang
Runtime 88
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