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The House on Telegraph Hill
House on Telegraph Hill is a 1951 American film noir directed by Robert Wise, and starring Richard Basehart, Valentina Cortese, and William Lundigan. Fay Baker also stars in the film, which received an Academy Award nomination for its art direction. The hill in the title is San Francisco's Telegraph Hill, where much of the story takes place.
Plot.
Polish woman Viktoria Kowalska (Valentina Cortese) has lost her home and her husband in the German occupation of Poland, and has
youthful appearance and had to be aged with makeup to portray the family matriarch convincingly. Oscar Homolka was the only member of the original Broadway cast to reprise his role for the film.
Some scenes were filmed on Rhode Island Street, on San Francisco's Potrero Hill, Nob Hill, Telegraph Hill, Russian Hill, Eureka Valley, and Market Street.
Cast.
- Irene Dunne as Marta 'Mama' Hanson
- Barbara Bel Geddes as Katrin Hanson
- Oscar Homolka as Uncle Chris Halvorsen
- Philip