Name: The House Across the Lake
Director: Ken Hughes
Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Released: 1954-01-01
Duration: 68 min

Her blood runs hot… but her heart is cold!

The House Across the Lake (1954) follows a struggling American novelist who moves to a lakeside village seeking inspiration and befriends a wealthy couple living across the water. As he begins an affair with the man’s wife, he becomes entangled in her plan to eliminate her husband and conceal the crime. This British crime thriller blends noir fatalism, psychological manipulation, and moral ambiguity while examining lust, betrayal, and complicity.

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Comparison of The House Across the Lake Blu-ray & DVD Editions
Disc Extras	Network BD-B/UK/OOP 2022	VCI DVD-0/US 2006	Network DVD-2/UK 2014
The Dame Wore Tweed - Interview with Barry Forshaw on Brit Noir Crime Films (21:22)
The House Across the Thames - Interview with Continuity Supervisor Renée Glynne (21:12)
Alternate Opening Title Sequence (1:14)
Short Commentary by Richard M. Roberts
Stills Gallery
Biography: Actor Alex Nicol
Theatrical Trailer (2:11)
Scotland Yard: “The Drayton Case” - Directed by Ken Hughes (Short, 1953, 25:54)

Edition and Packaging Notes

Network’s Blu-ray includes a booklet with writing by Neil Sinyard (“Viewing Notes”). Trailers included: The Square Ring (1953) and The Rainbow Jacket (1954).
VCI’s “Hammer Film Noir Double Feature, Vol. 3” DVD also includes The Gambler and the Lady (1952). It is also available in the “Hammer Film Noir Double Feature - Collector’s Set” box set. Trailers included: Terror Street (1953), The Deadly Game (1954) and Slightly Scarlet (1956).

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The Dame Wore Tweed (21:22)
The House Across the Thames (21:12)
Scotland Yard: “The Drayton Case” (Short, 1953, 25:54)

Editions	Network BD 2022 Video File 1 Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Resolution: 1080p24 Overall bit rate: 24.97 Mbps Aspect ratio: 1.37:1 Length:1:08:52.210 File size: 12.77 GiB Audio File 1 Language: English LPCM 2.0 Mono Sampling rate: 48 kHz Bit rate: 1536 kbps Bit depth: 16-bit Subtitles English SDH
Extras	The Dame Wore Tweed - Interview with Barry Forshaw on Brit Noir Crime Films (21:22, 1080i50) Network BD
	The House Across the Thames - Interview with Continuity Supervisor Renée Glynne (21:12, 1080i50) Network BD
	Alternate Opening Title Sequence (1:14, 1080p) Network BD
	Short Commentary by Richard M. Roberts VCI DVD
	Stills Gallery Network BD
	Theatrical Trailer (2:11, 1080p) Network BD
	Scotland Yard: “The Drayton Case” - Directed by Ken Hughes (Short, 1953, 25:54, 1080p) Network BD