House of strangers (1949) - lesser known film noir from director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Edward G. Robinson, Richard Conte and Susan Hayward

Rating 7.4/10
Runtime: 101 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041487/

Cast

Edward G. Robinson ... Gino Monetti
Richard Conte ... Max Monetti
Susan Hayward ... Irene Bennett
Luther Adler ... Joe Monetti
Paul Valentine ... Pietro Monetti
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. ... Tony Monetti
Debra Paget ... Maria Domenico

Description: In New York, after seven years in prison, the lawyer Max Monetti goes to the bank of his brothers Joe, Tony and Pietro Monetti and promises revenge to them. Then he visits his lover Irene Bennett that asks him to forget the past and start a new life. Max recalls the early 30s, when he is the favorite son of his father Gino Monetti, who has a bank in the East Side. Gino is a tyrannical and egocentric self-made man that raises his family in an environment of hatred and Max is a competent lawyer engaged with Maria Domenico. When Max meets the confident Irene, he has a troubled love affair with her. In 1933, with the new Banking Act reaches Gino for misapplication of funds. Max plots a plan to help his father but is betrayed by his brothers. Now Max will see his brothers that have also being raised under the motto "Never forgive, ever forget".

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Video : 3.09 GB, 4355 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 642x480 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 148
Audio : 211/52 MB (main/commentary), 292/80 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2/2 channels, 0x55 = FLAC/VORBIS, VBR/VBR


Subtitles (English, Spanish, French closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English (including hearing impaired), Spanish, French, Portuguese-Brazilian, Greek, Turkish) posters and screenshots included


Dual audio track information

This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is commentary by Foster Hirsch, author of "Film Noir: The dark side of the screen" book. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track and switch to main audio track on Track 1, additional track on Track 2)