The House on Telegraph Hill

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nick s @Nick_S Oct 25, 2024 Convincing acting draws you into the story. The tension builds up well. The dialogue is subtle but compelling and the characters are well rounded. Good pacing; good musical score. I really couldn't fault it. A rare gem of a movie. See more harwee h @RT06454255 Mar 23, 2024 Basic but William Lundigan tho See more Jul 22, 2021 I went into this movie with no expectations and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. I really liked the way the tension mounts throughout the story. The plot keeps you guessing all the way through and the whole cast put in some very solid performances. See more deke p @RT96675217 Jul 5, 2019 VERY INTERESTING , so i'll giver it a 4 stars, maybe ore later. RICHARD BASEHART again!! See more Jun 7, 2019 Excellent drama and suspense. Way better than the two stars the critics gave it. Many twists and turns right up until the end. See more Apr 9, 2019 Valentina Cortese plays a Polish concentration camp survivor who adopts the identity of a friend who died in the camp in order to have a better life in San Francisco (the friend had told of a rich aunt who was caring for her young son sent overseas to avoid the Holocaust). However, she soon learns that the aunt is dead and her attempts to connect with the orphaned son are spurned by the lawyers for the new guardian; however, when she travels to New York, she meets the guardian, Alan Spender (Richard Baseheart), who soon ends up proposing to her. As a couple, they return to San Francisco where an unfriendly governess awaits them along with the son who soon warms to his returned "mother" (who he doesn't remember). Pretty soon, however, Victoria/Karin (Cortese) starts to suspect that someone is trying to murder her AND the son. It could be the governess ... or the husband/guardian (who stands to inherit the fortune which was left to the son). Director Robert Wise manages the production well but the script really lets him down. Although suspense is generated by the possible threats against Victoria/Karin and ambiguity about whether she is just paranoid IS created, the fact that her identity theft is simply disregarded and has no implications for the plot at all (despite Victoria revealing that she is not really Karin to a US Major from the liberation team) is bizarre. In other words, the film sets up a premise that is never fulfilled in the action. All that said, the film isn't a bad noir melodrama. See more Read all reviews

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