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House by the River (1950) on Netflix

Approved19501h 23mCrimeDramaFilm-Noir

Wealthy novelist Stephen Byrne lives and works by a river with his wife Marjorie. When their maid, Emily Gaunt, resists his drunken advances, he kills her.

  • Netflix3.3/5
  • IMDb7.0/105,263 votes
  • Rotten Tomatoes60%

Plot summary

Stephen Byrne is a wealthy Victorian novelist who lives and works by a river with his wife, Marjorie. He has long been jealous of his brother, John, who is crippled. Emily Gaunt is the family maid. One night, after drinking, Stephen makes advances on Emily. She resists him, and he kills her. He then turns to John for help with the body, and the two men put her in a boat and dump her into the river.

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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about House by the River (1950)

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  • Director Fritz Lang wanted to cast a black woman as the maid in House by the River, but the Hays Office blocked the idea because it forbade depicting romantic relations between Black and white people.

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