House of Strangers (1949)

NR07/01/1949Drama, Crime, Thriller1h 41m
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A powerhouse of emotion.

Overview

Ruthless Italian-American banker Gino Monetti is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help their father stay out of prison after he's arrested for his questionable business practices. Three of them take over the business but kick their father out. Max, a lawyer, is the only son that remains loyal.

Top Billed Cast

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    Edward G. Robinson

    Gino Monetti

  2. Cast 1

    Susan Hayward

    Irene Bennett

  3. Cast 1

    Richard Conte

    Max Monetti

  4. Cast 1

    Luther Adler

    Joe Monetti

  5. Cast 1

    Paul Valentine

    Pietro Monetti

  6. Cast 1

    Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

    Tony Monetti

  7. Cast 1

    Debra Paget

    Maria Domenico

  8. Cast 1

    Hope Emerson

    Helena Domenico

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    Esther Minciotti

    Theresa Monetti

It's still being done you know, outside the jungle. House of Strangers is directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and adapted to screenplay by Phillip Yordan from Jerome Weidman's novel I'll Never Go There Any More. It stars Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Luther Adler, Paul Valentine and Efrem Zimbalist. Plot finds Robinson as Gino Monetti, an Italian American banker who whilst building up the family business has ostracised three of his four sons. When things go belly up for Gino and the bank, the three sons turn against their father, the other, Max (Conte), stays loyal but fi...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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