House of Numbers (1957 film)

House of Numbers

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Russell Rouse
Produced by Charles Schnee
Screenplay by Don Mankiewicz
Russell Rouse
Based on the novel House of Numbers 
by Jack Finney
Starring Jack Palance
Barbara Lang
Music by André Previn
Cinematography George J. Folsey
Edited by John McSweeney Jr.
Production
company
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates
  • September 12, 1957 (1957-09-12) (United States)
Running time
90 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $1,008,000[1]
Box office $1.1 million[1]

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

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 in CinemaScope 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 $378,000.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. Oliver, Myrna (November 17, 1995). "Jack Finney; Wrote 'The Body Snatchers'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  3. House of Numbers at the American Film Institute Catalog.
  4. Blum, Daniel (1958). Screen World Vol. 9. Biblo & Tannen. p. 108. ISBN 0-8196-0264-7. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  5. Meli, MaryAlice (August 26, 2008). "Hillsville native details plan for Wayne halfway house". New Castle News. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  6. Spicer, Andrew (2010). Historical dictionary of film noir. Scarecrow Press. p. 230. ISBN 0-8108-5960-2. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  7. http://www.allmovie.com/movie/house-of-numbers-v95761

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