The House Across the Bay

The House Across the Bay

1940
1h 28min

Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion charges and attacks by rivals. Believing Steve will be safer in prison for one year, his wife, Brenda, testifies against him on advice from his lawyer, Slant Kolma, who is in love with her. After Steve receives 10 years in Alcatraz, Brenda moves to be near him and avoids advances of airplane builder Tim Nolan, who knows nothing about her past.

Storyline

Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion charges and attacks by rivals. Believing Steve will be safer in prison for one year, his wife, Brenda, testifies against him on advice from his lawyer, Slant Kolma, who is in love with her. After Steve receives 10 years in Alcatraz, Brenda moves to be near him and avoids advances of airplane builder Tim Nolan, who knows nothing about her past.

    Released
    March 1940
    Runtime
    1h 28min
    Director
    Budget
    $713,965
    Revenue
    $684,374
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    English
    Production
    Walter Wanger Productions, United Artists
Cast
George Raft
Steve Larwitt
Joan Bennett
Brenda Bentley
Lloyd Nolan
Slant Kolma
Walter Pidgeon
Tim Nolan
Gladys George
Mary Bogel
Billy Wayne
Barney, bartender
June Knight
Bebe
Peggy Shannon
Alice
Cy Kendall
Crawley
Frank Bruno
Jerry - Slant's Henchman
Joe Sawyer
Charlie
Max Wagner
Jim
Georges Renavent
French Official
Joseph Crehan
Federal Man
Edward Fielding
Judge
Virginia Brissac
Landlady
Carol Adams
Chorus Girl
Sam Ash
Broker
Herbert Ashley
Man in Park
John Bohn
Reporter
Peter Camlin
French Pilot
Martin Cichy
Prison Guard
Tom Coleman
Café Patron
Marcelle Corday
French Maid
Gino Corrado
Nightclub Waiter
James Craig
Brenda's Friend
Jean Del Val
French Official
Jim Farley
Prison Guard
Franklyn Farnum
Prison Guard
Al Ferguson
Prison Guard
Sam Finn
Headwaiter
Kay Gordon
Chorus Girl
Mack Gray
Doorman / Lookout
Harrison Greene
Irate Customer
Charles Griffin
Federal Agent
Kit Guard
Taresca's Gunman
Harry Harvey
Man in Club
Edith Haskins
Chorus Girl
Lew Hicks
Bailiff
Max Hoffman Jr.
Driver
Kenner G. Kemp
Bar Patron
Donald Kerr
Driver
Bob Kortman
Prison Guard
Maxine Leslie
Prisoner's Wife
Jack Lubell
Brenda's Friend
Herman Marks
Gambler
Eddie Marr
Taresca's Henchman / Driver
Major McBride
Roulette Croupier
Etta McDaniel
Lydia
Kitty McHugh
Prisoner's Wife
Miki Morita
Japanese Houseboy
Frances Morris
Slant's Secretary
Pearlie Norton
Chorus Girl
Jeanine O'Donnell
Chorus Girl
Pat O'Malley
Prison Guard
Elsa Peterson
Mrs. Hanson
Paul Phillips
Reporter
Tom Quinn
2nd Bartender
Cyril Ring
Dancer
Dick Rush
Bailiff
Helen Shipman
Prisoner's Wife
Harry Tyler
Fur Peddler
Mitzie Uehlien
Chorus Girl
Dorothy Vaughan
Prisoner's Wife on Ferry
Victoria Vinton
Chorus Girl
Emmett Vogan
U.S. Official
Ruth Warren
Prisoner's Wife
Norman Willis
Henchman
Isabel Withers
Woman in Club
Allen Wood
Newsboy
Freeman Wood
Mr. Hanson
Sam Wren
Wally
Armand 'Curly' Wright
Barber

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