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The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)

Approved | | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 27 August 1951 (Sweden)
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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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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
... Alan Spender
... Victoria Kowelska (as Valentina Cortesa)
... Major Marc Bennett
... Margaret
Gordon Gebert ... Christopher
... Dr. Burkhardt
... Joseph C. Callahan
Kei Thin Chung ... Kei - Houseboy
John Burton ... Mr. Whitmore
Katherine Meskill ... Mrs. Whitmore
... Tony, the Grocer
Charles Wagenheim ... Man At Accident
... Mechanic
Tamara Schee ... Maria
... Karin Dernakova
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Storyline

Victoria has survived Nazi concentration by assuming the identity of one who died there. She arrives in San Francisco to see her "son" just as the boy's great-aunt dies leaving a lot of money to be inherited. Victoria falls in love with the boy's trustee Alan Spender, and they move into the mansion on Telegraph Hill. Living life in a new identity isn't without its dangers, however. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

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concentration camp | greed | car accident | bergen belsen | taxi | See All (27) »

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

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Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Mystery | Thriller

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Trivia

Furnishings and props for the mansion interior were acquired by property master Tom Little from the estates of the Aga Khan III and David Belasco. See more »

Goofs

In the establishing shot of the house at the beginning, the fact that the water in the bay in the background never moves indicates is it a matte painting. See more »

Quotes

Alan Spender: [to Victoria/Karin] Is there something going on in that funny little head of yours - something you're keeping from me?
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Blue Moon
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Music by Richard Rodgers
Played immediately after the performance at the Chinese restaurant
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3 November 2003 | by – See all my reviews

About 10-15 minutes into the film there is a segment showing emmigrants filing into a ship to leave to America.

My parents (unknown to them until two years later) got their 15 seconds of fame. They're the man carrying an infant (me, face down-I wasn't ready for my cameo) and the woman with glasses carying two suitcases.

The ship was the SS Marine-Jumper (pretty odd name) which left Hamburg, and it arrived in New York on July 7th 1949.

The crossing was uneventful except that my mother told me she was angry with the sailors for playing catch with an orange. She hadn't eaten one since 1940.
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