House Of Strangers

Robinson, though top-billed here, appears all too briefly in this grim, almost murky crime drama. He is the father of four sons, the favorite being Conte who opens the film by being released from Sing Sing after serving seven years for bribery. He returns to New York's Little Italy and goes to his father's trust company where brothers Adler, Valentine, and Zimbalist greet him affably, offer him money, and are collectively offended when he spurns their friendship and greenbacks. Conte then visits Hayward at her apartment; she tries to convince him to leave New York with her immediately and begin a new life. The embittered Conte rejects this notion; all he can think ...