The House on Telegraph Hill

After surviving the hell of a Nazi death camp, a refugee faces even greater dangers in America in this tale of murder, deceit, and assumed identities. Victoria Kopwelska (Valentina Cortese) is a Polish woman imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp near the end of World War II. Desperate to survive, ...more

While The Hosue on Telegraph Hill fails to be the top notch thriller it wants to be, it nevertheless has a number of superior elements and fans of this genre should seek it out. Less than perfect, House is still quite entertaining. The chief culprit, as is so often the case, is the screenplay. This kind of film needs to be perfectly structured, with every scene making a point and/or serving a specific purpose but doing so in a manner that is not baldly obvious. House's screenplay lacks the ...more