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The House Across the Street

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Producing House

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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1949-09-10

Runtime: 69 mins

Director: Richard L. Bare

Spoken language: English

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Crime

Original title: The House Across the Street

Production Companies: Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries: United States of America

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