Movie
The House on Telegraph Hill
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1951-05-12
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Drama, Mystery
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Richard Basehart as Alan Spender
- Valentina Cortese as Victoria Kowelska
- William Lundigan as Major Marc Bennett
- Fay Baker as Margaret
- Gordon Gebert as Christopher
- Steven Geray as Dr. Burkhardt
- Herbert Butterfield as Joseph C. Callahan
- Kei Thin Chung as Kei - Houseboy
- John Burton as Mr. Whitmore
- Katherine Meskill as Mrs. Whitmore
- Mario Siletti as Tony, the Grocer
- Charles Wagenheim as Man At Accident
Crew
- Robert Wise - Director
- Elick Moll - Screenplay
- Frank Partos - Screenplay
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