House of Strangers

Edward G. Robinson portrays an Italian- American banker who uses emotional cruelty to control his four adult sons. Robinson’s character, Gino Monetti, breaks the law repeatedly to build a business empire and is arrested as a result. His bitter sons decline to help him beat the charges. Three of the sons then assume control of the business and kick Gino out. Only one son, Max, stays loyal to his father, which angers the other three sons. The other three use devious means to have Max thrown into prison as well. Max promises his father on his deathbed that he’ll get revenge on his brothers.

"Mankiewicz is a remarkable director of actors... It is not when left to his own devices that [Conte] seems an exceptional actor: sniffing a powderpuff, caressing a fur, the slightest gesture springs from a theatrical instinct for effect. Equally remarkable, too, are Edward G. Robinson’s bath, the meal in his dining-room, and one of the finest flashbacks in the history of the cinema, the whole length of a staircase, accompanied by a theme from Rossini." (Jean-Luc Godard, La Gazette du Cinéma, June 1950)

PRODUCTION 1:
Walt Disney Studios - Nikolaus Ward, Kevin Schaeffer, Nikki Jee, Natalie Altounian, Melissa Selzer
500 S Buena Vista St.
91521 Burbank, United States of America
Tel: +1 818-560-7664
E-mail: kevin.m.schaeffer@disney.com

PRODUCTION 2:
The Film Foundation - Margaret Bodde, Kristen Merola, Jennifer Ahn
7920 Sunset Blvd. 100
90046 Los Angeles, United States of America
Tel: +1 3234365060
E-mail: kmerola@film-foundation.org
Web: http://www.film-foundation.org

PRODUCTION AT THE TIME OF FILMING:
20th Century Fox

LAB:
Cineric Inc. - image;
Audio Mechanics - audio

WORLD SALES:
Walt Disney Studios - Alex Muirhead
500 S Buena Vista St.
91521 Burbank, United States of America
E-mail: alex.muirhead@disney.com

PRESS OFFICE:
Sara Chadwell - Walt Disney Studios
500 S Buena Vista St.
91521 Burbank, United States of America
E-mail: sara.chadwell@disney.com