House_of_Numbers_(1957_film)

<i>House of Numbers</i> (1957 film)

House of Numbers (1957 film)

1957 film by Russell Rouse

House of Numbers is a 1957 American film noir, based on author Jack Finney's 1957 novel of the same name, starring Jack Palance and Barbara Lang.[2][3]

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In the film, Palance plays two similar-looking brothers: Bill and his younger brother Arnie Judlow.[4] Bill is a good citizen, trying to help his ex-professional boxer brother, Arnie, convicted of murder, escape from San Quentin State Prison to return to Arnie's wife, Ruth, played by Lang.[5]

The movie was filmed on location at San Quentin and set in San Quentin and Mill Valley, California, then the home city of author Finney.[6]

Plot

Arnie Judlow (Jack Palance) is an imprisoned gangster. During a prison visit, Bill Judlow, his law-abiding brother, switches places, allowing himself to be incarcerated as the real criminal walks free. Ruth Judlow (Barbara Lang), wife of one of the Judlow boys, wavers in her loyalties.[7]

Cast

Reception

According to MGM records the film earned $500,000 in the US and Canada and $600,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $92,000.[1]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. [2]
    Oliver, Myrna (November 17, 1995). "Jack Finney; Wrote 'The Body Snatchers'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  3. [3]
    House of Numbers at the American Film Institute Catalog.
  4. [4]
    Blum, Daniel (1958). Screen World Vol. 9. Biblo & Tannen. p. 108. ISBN 0-8196-0264-7. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  5. [5]
    Meli, MaryAlice (August 26, 2008). "Hillsville native details plan for Wayne halfway house". New Castle News. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  6. [6]
    Spicer, Andrew (2010). Historical dictionary of film noir. Scarecrow Press. p. 230. ISBN 978-0-8108-5960-9. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  7. [7]
    "House of Numbers (1957) - Russell Rouse | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
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