Weak script and low-wattage cast
“House by the River” (1950), one of director Fritz Lang’s lesser films, combines gothic melodrama, noir touches, psychological thrills, and a police procedural. Lang made the movie for Republic Pictures, a minor studio that attracted major directors with the lure of greater artistic control. Orson Welles’ “Macbeth, John Ford’s “The Quiet Man,” and Nicholas Ray’s “Johnny Guitar,” all were shot at Republic. Lang had a flop with “Secret Beyond the Door” two years earlier. Because his stature in Hollywood had suffered and his relationships with movie producers were not ideal, he turned to the low-budget psychological thriller “House by the River.”<br /><br />The time period is not specified, but judging by the clothes worn by the characters, it is around the turn of the 20th century. Unsuccessful writer Stephen Byrne (Louis Hayward, “Walk a Crooked Mile,” “The Black Arrow”) lives with wife Marjorie (Jane Wyatt, “Lost Horizon,” TV’s “Father Knows Best”) in a huge mansion on the banks of a river. While his wife is away, he attempts to rape their housemaid, Emily (Dorothy Patrick, “The Mighty McGurk,” “Come to the Stable”). She screams. Attempting to silence her, he accidentally strangles her.<br /><br />Overcome with panic, Stephen convinces his disabled brother, John (Lee Bowman, “Cover Girl,” “Buck Privates”), to help him get rid of Emily’s body. Foolishly, John agrees, and in the middle of the night they row the body far out into the river and dump it. The river’s currents, however, wash the body ashore, it’s discovered, and an investigation points to John as the murderer.<br /><br />Stephen contrives to let his brother take the blame, then draws on his own crime to write a novel that becomes a best seller book. As time passes, Marjorie and John draw closer together, a lengthy trial is held, and Stephen’s guilt and fear of discovery lead to desperate actions.<br /><br />Even the artistry of a class A director could not save this weak script. We get the idea that older brother John has always, in one way or another, bailed Stephen out when he’s gotten into difficulty, but we don’t know what caused and sustained this pattern of behavior. John’s initial suggestion to go to the police and explain that Emily’s death was an unfortunate accident is vetoed by Stephen, convinced the authorities won’t believe it. In the way he looks at Emily and gazes up at the window of the bathroom where she is showering, we can see that he lusts for her. He attacks her as she descends a darkened staircase, shocking her as much as the audience. When Stephen realizes he has killed Emily, he regards her death as an inconvenience rather than a tragedy.<br /><br />Lang crafted this highly stylized drama of corruption threatening to triumph over decency with an often hysterical intensity. It contains several elements of film noir but lacks the femme fatale who draws the protagonist into a scheme that proves his undoing. Stephen is his own nemesis. Coincidences, cheap sets, a low-wattage cast, an overwrought performance by Hayward, and a melodramatic script (based on a novel by A.P. Herbert) make this film a fascinating failure.<br /><br />Bonus materials on the unrated Blu-ray release include an audio commentary, interview with producer and historian Pierre Rissient, and movie trailers.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Exiled to Republic Pictures, Fritz Lang (Metropolis, Scarlet Street) created House by the River, a shocking and mordant low-budget thriller. Like fellow cinema giants Orson Welles and John Ford, Lang enjoyed a freedom at Republic that allowed him to make a truly unique and personal film. Regarding House by the River, Cahiers du Cinéma declared, “Lang’s main erotic obsession is displayed more clearly than in any of his other films.” Victorian ne’er-do-well Stephen Byrne (Louis Hayward, And Then There Were None) assaults and accidentally murders his wife’s virginal housekeeper. With the reluctant assistance of loyal brother John (Lee Bowman, Bataan), Stephen remorselessly consigns the girl’s corpse to the river. But as John’s affection for Stephen’s wife Marjorie (Jane Wyatt, Pitfall), 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. Boasting an ingenious script by The Spiral Staircase scribe Mel Dinelli and evocative photography by seven-time Oscar® nominee Edward Cronjager (Heaven Can Wait), House by the River is a criminally underrated American film, both a work of art and a moral nightmare.Special Features:-2K Restoration -NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Alexandra Heller-Nicholas -Interview with Celebrated Producer and Historian Pierre Rissient -Optional English Subtitles -Dual-Layered BD50 Disc -Trailers.