“Shame is the mistress of this house and betrayal its master!”
The House on Telegraph Hill
6.4
68 votes·1951
·1h 33m
·MovieThrillerDramaMystery
Overview
Concentration camp survivor Victoria Kowelska finds herself involved in mystery, greed, and murder when she assumes the identity of a dead friend in order to gain passage to America.
Keywords
san francisco, californiafilm noirold houseassumed identitypost world war iigovernessidentity swapconcentration camp survivorjewish refugeemurder plotchild endangermentpoisoned drink
Cast
Richard Basehart
Alan Spender
Valentina Cortese
Victoria Kowelska
William Lundigan
Major Marc Bennett
Fay Baker
Margaret
Gordon Gebert
Christopher
Steven Geray
Dr. Burkhardt
Herbert Butterfield
Joseph C. Callahan
Kei Thin Chung
Kei - Houseboy
John Burton
Mr. Whitmore
Katherine Meskill
Mrs. Whitmore
Mario Siletti
Tony, the Grocer
Charles Wagenheim
Man At Accident
David Clarke
Mechanic
Tamara Schee
Maria
Natasha Lytess
Karin Dernakova
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