HOUSE OF STRANGERS (FOX FILM NOIR)

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• Release Year: 1949
• Genre: Drama, Film-Noir
• Plot: Film noir, a classic film style of the '40s and '50s, is noted for its dark themes, stark camera angles and high-contrast lighting. Comprising many of Hollywood's finest films, film noir tells realistic stories about crime, mystery, femmes fatales and moral conflict.; ; In this powerful drama of betrayal and revenge, Gino Monetti (Edward G. Robinson), the patriarch of a Lower East Side Italian family, is so infatuated with his success as a banker, he doesn't notice the simmering hatred in his own house. Three of his four sons work with him at the bank, but his tyrannical treatment turns them against him. His favorite son, Max (Richard Conte), a lawyer, is double-crossed by the others (Luther Adler, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. and Paul Valentine), and lands in prison for seven years. On his release, Max seeks vengeance against them, all the while ignoring his fiancée (Debra Paget) and the society woman (Susan Hayward) who also loves him. With its fine performances and absorbing story, ‘House of Strangers’ is a fascinating portrait of family tensions.
• Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Luther Adler, Paul Valentine, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Debra Paget, Hope Emerson, Esther Minciotti, Diana Douglas, Tito Vuolo, Fred Aldrich, Maxine Ardell, Larry Arnold, Martin Begley, Nick Borgani, Paul Bradley, Ralph Brooks, Argentina Brunetti, John Butler, Mushy Callahan, Neil Carter, Dolores Castle, Bob Castro, Steve Cavalieri, Russ Cheever, Jack Chefe, Geza De Rosner, Charles Flynn, Tommy Garland, Lelia Goldoni, Donna Hamilton, Thomas Browne Henry, Fred Hillebrand, Marjorie Holliday, William Janssen, Frank Jaquet, Geraldine Jordan, John Kellogg, John Kullers, Scott Landers, Donna La Tour, Walter Lawrence, James Little, Mike Macey, George Magrill, Peter Mamakos, Rena Marlin, Joseph Mazzuca, Charles McClelland, Tony Merlo, Silvio Minciotti, Howard M. Mitchell, Roger Moore, Ernesto Morelli, Ann Morrison, Gilda Oliva, Emma Palmese, Dolores Parker, John Pedrini, Charles Perry, Joe Rubino, Dick Ryan, Eddie Saenz, Maurice Samuels, Mario Siletti, Petra Silva, Steve Soldi, Arthur Space, George Spaulding, Robert St. Angelo, Michael Stark, Theresa Testa, Guy Thomajan, Lawrence Tibbett, Sid Tomack, Carlo Tricoli, Phil Tully, Vicki Vann, Philip Van Zandt, Herb Vigran, Frank Wilcox, Rhoda Williams, David Wolfe, Sally Yarnell, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Philip Yordan, Jerome Weidman, Sol C. Siegel, Milton R. Krasner, Harmon Jones, Daniele Amfitheatrof, George W. Davis, Lyle R. Wheeler
• Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• Runtime: 1:40
• Company: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (20th Century Fox Film Corporation), Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)
• Media Format: Movie