House On Telegraph Hill (Studio Classics)

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Synopsis

This is the house forbidden to every woman with a conscience, forbidden to every man with honor!

A concentration camp survivor assumes the identity of a fellow inmate who hadn't made it out alive and emigrates to San Francisco, claiming to be the mother of her dead colleague's son. She moves in with the boy's trustee to the mansion on Telegraph Hill. The boy is heir to a vast fortune, and there are some who will do anything to stop her getting close to the money.

Awards:

Oscar Nomination:
  • Best Direction
Starring:
  • Charles Wagenheim
  • David Clarke
  • Fay Baker
  • Gordon Gebert
  • Herbert Butterfield
  • John Burton
  • Katherine Meskill
  • Kei Thin Chung
  • Mario Siletti
  • Natasha Lytess
  • Richard Basehart
  • Steven Geray
  • Tamara Schee
  • Valentina Cortese
  • William Lundigan
Directed by Robert Wise
Awards:

Oscar Nomination:
  • Best Direction