Directed by:
Joseph L. MankiewiczScreenplay:
Philip YordanCinematography:
Milton KrasnerComposer:
Daniele AmfitheatrofCast:
Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Luther Adler, Paul Valentine, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Debra Paget, Hope Emerson, Esther Minciotti (more)Plots(1)
After a ruthless banker's favorite son goes to jail in connection with the father's ends-justifies-the-means creation of a successful empire, the other three sons overthrow their father, driving him to his death. Still in jail, the favorite swears vengeance on his brothers, and complex motivations of duty, justice, and jealousy propel the four men toward a final confrontation. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Edward G. Robinson
Romania
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Susan Hayward
USA
Best movies:
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Beau Geste (1939)
Rawhide (1951)
Richard Conte
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
Luther Adler
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
House of Strangers (1949)
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
Paul Valentine
USA
Best movies:
Out of the Past (1947)
House of Strangers (1949)
Love Happy (1949)
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Wait Until Dark (1967)
Hot Shots! (1991)
Band of Angels (1957)
Debra Paget
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
White Feather (1955)
House of Strangers (1949)
Hope Emerson
USA
Best movies:
Caged (1950)
Westward the Women (1951)
Adam's Rib (1949)
Esther Minciotti
Italy
Best movies:
The Wrong Man (1956)
House of Strangers (1949)
Marty (1955)
Diana Douglas
Best movies:
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Keeper of the Flame (1942)
House of Strangers (1949)
David Wolfe
USA
Best movies:
House of Strangers (1949)
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
5 Fingers (1952)
Lawrence Tibbett
USA
Best movies:
House of Strangers (1949)
Frank Wilcox
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Edge of Darkness (1943)
Herb Vigran
USA
Best movies:
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
The Fugitive Kind (1960)
Airplane! (1980)
Jack Chefe
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
It Started with Eve (1941)
All About Eve (1950)
Silvio Minciotti
Italy
Best movies:
The Wrong Man (1956)
House of Strangers (1949)
Marty (1955)
John Kellogg
USA
Best movies:
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Out of the Past (1947)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
Ralph Brooks
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Jack Tornek
Belarus
Best movies:
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
The Proud Ones (1956)
Franklyn Farnum
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)