Directed by:
Fritz LangScreenplay:
Mel DinelliCinematography:
Edward CronjagerComposer:
George AntheilCast:
Louis Hayward, Lee Bowman, Jane Wyatt, Dorothy Patrick, Ann Shoemaker, Howland Chamberlain, Sarah Padden, Kathleen Freeman, Will Wright, Peter Brocco (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Victorian ne'er-do-well Stephen Byrne (Louis Hayward) assaults and murders his wife's virginal housekeeper. With the reluctant assistance of loyal brother John (Lee Bowman), Stephen remorselessly consigns the girl's corpse to the river. But as John's affection for Stephen's wife Marjorie (Jane Wyatt), police suspicion about the girl's disappearance and the depths of Stephen's depravity all escalate, the river itself provokes a horrifying reunion between victim and murderer. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Louis Hayward](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/313/313186_c0c00b.jpg)
Louis Hayward
South Africa
Best movies:
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
The Strange Woman (1946)
Anthony Adverse (1936)
![Lee Bowman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/362/362148_cd62f4.jpg)
Lee Bowman
USA
Best movies:
Bataan (1943)
Go West (1940)
Love Affair (1939)
![Jane Wyatt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/320/320689_db0c56.jpg)
Jane Wyatt
USA
Best movies:
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Lost Horizon (1937)
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
![Dorothy Patrick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/497/160497871_a4e088.jpg)
Dorothy Patrick
Canada
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
House by the River (1950)
![Ann Shoemaker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/922/159922847_0f1cdd.jpg)
Ann Shoemaker
USA
Best movies:
Strike Up the Band (1940)
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
Conflict (1945)
![Howland Chamberlain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/894/159894740_0df986.gif)
Howland Chamberlain
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
A Song Is Born (1948)
Sarah Padden
UK
Best movies:
It Started with Eve (1941)
The Power and the Glory (1933)
Possessed (1947)
![Kathleen Freeman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/120/455/120455631_9ab497.jpg)
Kathleen Freeman
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Shrek (2001)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
![Will Wright](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000075_7a54d0.jpg)
Will Wright
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
![Peter Brocco](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/883/166883000_972dce.jpg)
Peter Brocco
USA
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Papillon (1973)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
![William Fawcett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619273_80343a.jpg)
William Fawcett
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
![Jody Gilbert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/273/160273813_235af4.jpg)
Jody Gilbert
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Ninotchka (1939)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
Edward Clark
Russia
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
East of Eden (1955)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
![Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/822/161822805_ab345b.gif)
Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Alex Gerry
USA
Best movies:
Storm Warning (1951)
Three Little Words (1950)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Frank Jaquet
USA
Best movies:
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Margaret Seddon
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Edgar Caldwell
USA
Best movies:
The Iron Mask (1929)
House by the River (1950)
Night and Day (1946)