The House Across The Street / Homicide: WB Film Noir Double Feature

The House Across The Street / Homicide: WB Film Noir Double FeatureTough detectives, pretty women, ace reporters. All staples of the film noir genre and exemplified by these two films. In Homicide, what seems like a routine suicide sparks the interest of LAPD Detective Michael Landers (Robert Douglas) when he sees something suspicious at the scene. Delving further into the case leads him to the heart of SoCal's farm country. Posing as an insurance investigator, Landers meets several unsavory types and an attractive

Jessica Drummond (Stanwyck) is lonely and uninterested in the suitors her mother

From its action-packed beginning to the sensational conclusion

But when the major is promoted and Courtney assumes command

So when she pretends to spurn him

A killer has one more victim on his hit list - his faithless wife

1942 newsreel

One of the greatest mysteries of this century has yet to be solved

his wife and a fan with an excellent script

A warrior without a war

he soon learns that she really does love him -- and he may in fact have feelings for her after all

then just five years into a career stretching from the 1940s into the 21st century

But Lobert's daughter