The House Across the Lake

The House Across the Lake (1954)

April 16th, 19541h 8min

Drama, Thriller
55%

Overview

Sensuous and desirable, Carol Forrest has always attracted the attention of men. Expert in the art of manipulation and control she married an older man, loving only his vast wealth and continued to amuse herself with indiscreet affairs. But when neighbour Mark Kendrick lets slip that her husband intends cutting her out of his will Carol concentrates all her attentions on the unsuspecting Kendrick, obtaining his help to dispose of this irritating obstacle.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Out of the Past

Out of the Past


Released on: 1947-11-25
Crime, Thriller

The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and f...

Men Call It Love

Men Call It Love


Released on: 1931-03-14
Romance, Drama

Pre-code melodrama about high society marriage and fidelity.

Secret Beyond the Door

Secret Beyond the Door


Released on: 1947-12-24
Mystery, Thriller, Drama, Romance

After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly ...

Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard


Released on: 1950-08-10
Drama

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood o...

Out of Africa

Out of Africa


Released on: 1985-12-20
History, Romance, Drama

Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved t...

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans


Released on: 1927-11-04
Drama, Romance

A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince hi...

The Night of the Hunter

The Night of the Hunter


Released on: 1955-07-27
Crime, Drama, Thriller

In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whe...

A.

A.


Released on: 2025-02-26
Documentary, Drama

Having lost her memory, A. could barely recall glimpses of her childhood in Argentina. After her dea...

Life as a House

Life as a House


Released on: 2001-10-25
Drama

When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for ...

Obsessive Love

Obsessive Love


Released on: 1984-10-02
Drama, Thriller, TV Movie

A woman tries to create a relationship with the soap star who is the object of her obsession.

Dissertation Station

Dissertation Station


Released on: 2015-12-26
Comedy, Drama

Ms Norris meets with students, goes a little batty, has dinner with her boyfriend, and revelations e...

The I Inside

The I Inside


Released on: 2004-03-21
Thriller, Mystery, Drama

When Simon awakens in the hospital after surviving a near-fatal accident, amnesia has erased the las...

Presumed Innocent

Presumed Innocent


Released on: 1990-07-27
Mystery, Crime, Thriller

Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. ...

House of Sand and Fog

House of Sand and Fog


Released on: 2003-12-19
Drama

Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, ...

Head Above Water

Head Above Water


Released on: 1996-11-07
Comedy, Thriller

Judge George brings his young wife, Nathalie, to a remote island for a vacation. But while George ac...

Peaceful Times

Peaceful Times


Released on: 2008-11-10
Comedy, Drama

After fleeing to the West in 1961, peaceful times were supposed to begin for the Striesows. But Iren...

Wonder Boys

Wonder Boys


Released on: 2000-02-22
Comedy, Drama

Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his...

Key Largo

Key Largo


Released on: 1948-07-16
Crime, Thriller

A hurricane swells outside, but it's nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. Th...

The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Postman Always Rings Twice


Released on: 1981-03-20
Crime, Romance, Drama, Thriller

The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair ...

Striking Distance

Striking Distance


Released on: 1993-09-17
Crime, Action, Mystery, Thriller

Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. To...