The House on Telegraph Hill

The House on Telegraph Hill

1951 · 93 min · EN · NR · 6.4 (51 votes)
Dir. Robert Wise · Starring Richard Basehart, Valentina Cortese, William Lundigan, Fay Baker, Gordon Gebert, Steven Geray · Music Sol Kaplan

Shame is the mistress of this house and betrayal its master!

DramaMysteryThriller

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.

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A haunting post-war noir where a refugee's desperate bid for a new life unravels into a tense web of secrets. The atmosphere is thick with suspicion and the lingering shadows of past trauma, making for a gripping, character-driven mystery.

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