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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Title: The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Richard Basehart | ... | Alan Spender | |
| Valentina Cortese | ... | Victoria Kowelska (as Valentina Cortesa) | |
| William Lundigan | ... | Major Marc Bennett | |
| Fay Baker | ... | Margaret | |
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Gordon Gebert | ... | Christopher |
| Steven Geray | ... | Dr. Burkhardt | |
| Herbert Butterfield | ... | Joseph C. Callahan | |
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Kei Thin Chung | ... | Kei - Houseboy |
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John Burton | ... | Mr. Whitmore |
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Katherine Meskill | ... | Mrs. Whitmore |
| Mario Siletti | ... | Tony, the Grocer | |
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Charles Wagenheim | ... | Man At Accident |
| David Clarke | ... | Mechanic | |
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Tamara Schee | ... | Maria |
| Natasha Lytess | ... | Karin Dernakova | |
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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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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
27 August 1951 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
A Casa da Colina See more »Filming Locations:
Speedys New Union Grocery - 301 Union Street, San Francisco, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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(uncredited)
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The portrait shown throughout the movie as "Aunt Sophie", was a painting of actress Helena Benda. See more »Goofs
Nazi concentration camps routinely confiscated the identification documents and personal property of inmates. Yet Victoria's friend Karin has been allowed by the Nazis to keep a photograph of her son and other means of identification, which Victoria takes after Karin's death. And Victoria also kept her own passport during her time as a prisoner of the Nazis. See more »Quotes
Alan Spender: [to Victoria/Karin] The trouble with you is you really don't know how to relax.See more »
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Blue Moon(uncredited)
Music by Richard Rodgers
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A woman (Valentina Cortesa) assumes the identity of her more affluent friend who died at the Belsen camp in Germany. However the seemingly ideal life she is about to enter soon beings to have a sinister feel. Is she the only fraud? Reasonable performances from all the leads keeps the storyline, which never quite reaches its potential, interesting. The film also lead to the marriage of Valentina Cortesa to her co-star Richard Basehart - a chemistry not readily apparent in the film!