"House of Strangers" I saw many years' ago and was pleased to be able to buy it. It's an engrossing tale of a family done in flash back style from Richard Conte's view point as he has just been released from gaol after seven years and has returned to the family home which is not lived in any more. Edward G Robinson is excellent as we've come to expect him to be in the varied roles he has played on screen. His is/was the father of four sons each with their own views on life being affected by the dominance of their father. Mother while not a necessarily down-trodden person does not have much say in the family being an "Italian Mamma" and expected to run the house and cook but she is so saddened by the turn of events that occur with her husband and sons. She has remained in my mind long after I watched the film. Luther Adler, always a pleasure to watch and is a fine actor, is the eldest son; the other sons are played by Efrem Zimablist Jnr (I hardly recognised him from his later TV "77 Sunset Strip" role) and Paul Valentine as the less intelligent brother who was called a "dumb-head" by his father and at the end of the film this expression is the dominant factor in what happens to them all. Father on his deathbead has imbued Richard Conte with hate and to take revenge at previous occurences between him, the father and his other brothers but Richard has met Susan Hayward, a beautiful woman and actress, who makes him see reason and to let the past just rest in peace but before this can happen, the feelings of the the brothers are quite intense and have to be dealt with before the film finishes.
I recommend this film to lovers of old films and particularly of the 1940s and 1950s. It's classed a "film noir" but I don't think it is as there is a fine distinction between film noir and other films of the period that seem to be the same. It's essentially a story of the break-up of a family caused by the old-fashioned attitude of Italian father Edward G Robinson.
Annette
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