
The House Across the Street
Comedy · Drama · Crime
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 Cast


Wayne Morris
Wayne Morris
Dave Joslin
Wayne Morris
Dave Joslin


Janis Paige
Janis Paige
Kit Williams
Janis Paige
Kit Williams


Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett
Matthew J. Keever
Bruce Bennett
Matthew J. Keever


Alan Hale
Alan Hale
J.B. Grennell
Alan Hale
J.B. Grennell


James Mitchell
James Mitchell
Marty Bremer
James Mitchell
Marty Bremer


Barbara Bates
Barbara Bates
Beth Roberts
Barbara Bates
Beth Roberts


James Holden
James Holden
Carl Schrader
James Holden
Carl Schrader


Irving Bacon
Irving Bacon
Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
Jury Foreman (uncredited)


George Chandler
George Chandler
Carl's Boss (uncredited)
George Chandler
Carl's Boss (uncredited)


Alex Gerry
Alex Gerry
Lawyer Markley (uncredited)
Alex Gerry
Lawyer Markley (uncredited)
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