House of Strangers (1949)

Directed by

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Genre

drama film, film noir

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 89 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man returns to his family after a long absence. He confronts the powerful and controlling father he left behind, which stirs up old resentments among his brothers.

tensebroodingmelancholicdramaticslow-burndarkemotionalfamily-centered

What happens

House of Strangers is a 1949 American drama film noir directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz from a screenplay by Philip Yordan, starring Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Luther Adler, Paul Valentine and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in his film debut. It is based on Jerome Weidman's 1941 novel I'll Never Go There Any More, which in turn is inspired by William Shakespeare's play King Lear. The film was released by 20th Century Fox on July 1, 1949. It received positive reviews and was a commercial success. The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1949 Cannes Film Festival, and Edward G. Robinson won the Best Actor Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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