The House Across the Lake

The House Across the Lake is a 1954 British film noir crime film directed and written by Ken Hughes and starring Alex Nicol, Hillary Brooke, Sid James and Susan Stephen. Director Ken Hughes not only directed the film, he also was hired to write the screenplay based on a novel he wrote in 1952. Jimmy Sangster was assistant director, J. Elder Wills was the art director and Phil Leakey did Makeup. It was produced as a second feature by Hammer Films. It was released in the United States by Lippert Pictures. Filming began August 10, 1953 and ended on September 4, 1953. It was trade shown on May 26, 1954 at Studio One. The film was released first in the US in May, 1954 by Lippert Pictures, then later in the UK on June 21, 1954 by Associated British-Pathe.

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