House by the River (1950)

House by the River full movie is released on Mar 25, 1950. Watch House by the River online - the English Crime movie from United States. House by the River is directed by Fritz Lang and created by Mel Dinelli with Louis Hayward and Lee Bowman. House by the River is available online on Kanopy and Plex.

The unsuccessful writer Stephen Byrne tries to force his servant Emily Gaunt sexually while his wife Marjorie Byrne is visiting a friend and accidentally strangles her. His crippled brother John Byrne coincidently comes to his house in that moment, and Stephen asks him to help to get rid of the corpse and avoid an scandal, since his wife would be pregnant. The naive and good John helps his brother to dump the body in the river nearby his house. Stephen uses the disappearance of Emily to blame her and promote his book. When the body is found by the police, all the evidences points to John, and he becomes the prime suspect of the murder.