The House Across the Bay
| The House Across the Bay | |
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| Directed by |
Archie Mayo Charles Kerr (assistant) |
| Produced by | Walter Wanger |
| Written by |
Myles Connolly Kathryn Scola |
| Starring |
George Raft Joan Bennett Lloyd Nolan Walter Pidgeon |
| Music by | Werner Janssen |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release dates |
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Running time | 88 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $713,965[1] |
| Box office | $684,374[1] |
The House Across the Bay is a 1940 film directed by Archie Mayo, starring George Raft and Joan Bennett, produced by Walter Wanger, written by Myles Connolly and Kathryn Scola, and released by United Artists. The picture involves a singer (Bennett) who waits for an imprisoned gangster (Raft) to be released from Alcatraz. The supporting cast features Lloyd Nolan and Walter Pidgeon. Some scenes of Pidgeon and Bennett in an airplane were filmed by Alfred Hitchcock as a favor to Wanger, who directed Foreign Correspondent for Wanger the same year.
Cast
- George Raft as Steve Larwitt
- Joan Bennett as Brenda Bentley
- Lloyd Nolan as Slant Kolma
- Walter Pidgeon as Tim Nolan
- Gladys George as Mary Bogel
- Peggy Shannon as Alice
- June Knight as Bebe
Reception
The film recorded a loss of $101,334.[1] It caused tension between Raft and Warner Bros, to whom he was under long term contract, because in this United Artists film, Raft played a gangster who loses in the end - the sort of role he had refused to play for Warner Bros.[2]
References
External links
- The House Across the Bay at the TCM Movie Database
- The House Across the Bay at the Internet Movie Database
- The House Across the Bay at Allmovie