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      The House on Telegraph Hill

      1951, Mystery & thriller, 1h 33m

      2 Reviews 250+ Ratings

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      Movie Info

      Upon emerging from a Nazi death camp, Victoria Kowelska (Valentina Cortesa) takes the identity of a friend who died there. She travels to the United States where she meets her friend's son, Chris (Gordon Gebert), and discovers that she has come into a large inheritance. Eventually, she gets involved with the boy's guardian, Alan (Richard Basehart), and marries him. However, after some suspicious accidents, she starts to believe that Alan may be trying to kill her so he can claim the money.

      • Genre: Mystery & thriller

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: Robert Wise

      • Producer: Robert Bassler

      • Writer: Elick Moll, Frank Partos

      • Release Date (Theaters):  original

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      • Distributor: 20th Century Fox

      Cast & Crew

      Valentina Cortese
      William Lundigan
      Gordon Gebert
      Fay Baker
      Steven Geray
      Herbert Butterfield
      Elick Moll
      Frank Partos
      Sol Kaplan
      Lucien Ballard
      Nick DeMaggio
      John DeCuir
      Lyle R. Wheeler
      Paul S. Fox
      Thomas Little

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      • Apr 29, 2009
        Solid suspenser with good performances from the two female leads and excellent cinematography.
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      • Jan 24, 2009
        Nice Robert Wise film noir. Combines WWII holocaust backstory with a thrilling 'who-dunnit' mystery. Valentina Cortese is wonderful as the young Polish girl who survives a German death camp only to face more peril in the hills of San Francisco.
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      • Sep 04, 2007
        a thriller that was similar to something hitchock might've made. very well worked and directed by robert wise. the car without brakes scene was well filmed. very much enjoyed the twists at the end also. will have to keep my eyes open for more robert wise films
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