The House Across the Bay
01/03/1940
1h 28m



Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion charges and attacks by rivals. Believing Steve will be safer in prison for one year, his wife, Brenda, testifies against him on advice from his lawyer, Slant Kolma, who is in love with her. After Steve receives 10 years in Alcatraz, Brenda moves to be near him and avoids advances of airplane builder Tim Nolan, who knows nothing about her past.
Cast


George Raft
Steve Larwitt


Joan Bennett
Brenda Bentley


Lloyd Nolan
Slant Kolma


Walter Pidgeon
Tim Nolan


Gladys George
Mary Bogel


Billy Wayne
Barney, bartender


June Knight
Bebe


Peggy Shannon
Alice


Cy Kendall
Crawley
Frank Bruno
Jerry - Slant's Henchman


Joe Sawyer
Charlie


Max Wagner
Jim


Georges Renavent
French Official


Joseph Crehan
Federal Man


Edward Fielding
Judge


Virginia Brissac
Landlady


Carol Adams
Chorus Girl


Sam Ash
Broker
Herbert Ashley
Man in Park
John Bohn
Reporter
Peter Camlin
French Pilot


Martin Cichy
Prison Guard
Tom Coleman
Café Patron


Marcelle Corday
French Maid


Gino Corrado
Nightclub Waiter


James Craig
Brenda's Friend


Jean Del Val
French Official


Jim Farley
Prison Guard


Franklyn Farnum
Prison Guard


Al Ferguson
Prison Guard
Sam Finn
Headwaiter
Kay Gordon
Chorus Girl


Mack Gray
Doorman / Lookout
Harrison Greene
Irate Customer
Charles Griffin
Federal Agent


Kit Guard
Taresca's Gunman


Harry Harvey
Man in Club
Edith Haskins
Chorus Girl
Lew Hicks
Bailiff


Max Hoffman Jr.
Driver


Kenner G. Kemp
Bar Patron


Donald Kerr
Driver


Bob Kortman
Prison Guard
Maxine Leslie
Prisoner's Wife
Jack Lubell
Brenda's Friend
Herman Marks
Gambler


Eddie Marr
Taresca's Henchman / Driver
Major McBride
Roulette Croupier


Etta McDaniel
Lydia


Kitty McHugh
Prisoner's Wife


Miki Morita
Japanese Houseboy


Frances Morris
Slant's Secretary
Pearlie Norton
Chorus Girl
Jeanine O'Donnell
Chorus Girl


Pat O'Malley
Prison Guard


Elsa Peterson
Mrs. Hanson
Paul Phillips
Reporter
Tom Quinn
2nd Bartender


Cyril Ring
Dancer
Dick Rush
Bailiff


Helen Shipman
Prisoner's Wife


Harry Tyler
Fur Peddler
Mitzie Uehlien
Chorus Girl


Dorothy Vaughan
Prisoner's Wife on Ferry


Victoria Vinton
Chorus Girl


Emmett Vogan
U.S. Official


Ruth Warren
Prisoner's Wife


Norman Willis
Henchman
Isabel Withers
Woman in Club
Allen Wood
Newsboy


Freeman Wood
Mr. Hanson
Sam Wren
Wally
Armand 'Curly' Wright
Barber
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