The House on Telegraph Hill Page #2

Synopsis: Victoria has survived Nazi concentration by assuming the identity of one who died there. She arrives in San Francisco to see her "son" just as the boy's great-aunt dies leaving a lot of money to be inherited. Victoria falls in love with the boy's trustee Alan Spender, and they move into the mansion on Telegraph Hill. Living life in a new identity isn't without its dangers, however.
Director(s): Robert Wise
Production: Fox
 
IMDB:
7.0
APPROVED
Year:
1951
93 min
81 Views


and the idea of getting to America

had become an obsession.

When the day finally came for me

to join hundreds of others...

and go aboard

the United Nations refugee ship...

we could hardly believe it.

We had spent the four long years

since the end of the war...

in waiting, hoping and praying.

Now we were actually sailing,

and we moved doubtfully...

fearful that at the last moment,

we might be snatched back.

But on that day in 1950...

when I reached New York and found

my way to the office of the lawyer...

who had sent me the cable...

I knew that I would never

let anything send me back.

Mrs. Dernakova, when you gave up

your child almost nine years ago-

I did not give him up.

He was sent to America to save his life.

Nevertheless,

the fact remains...

that others, not you, have taken care

of the boy since he was an infant.

It wasn't my fault that I wasn't able to

come here years ago to take care of him.

You know, of course, that after

Mrs. Albertson's death...

Mr. Spender

adopted the boy.

But he had no right to do that

while the child's mother was still alive.

We had every reason to believe

that you were dead.

- All the reports indicated it.

- As a matter of fact,

there is still some doubt that-

But you've seen my papers!

What more proof do you want?

My dear Madame,

you must realize...

that there is a considerable fortune

involved here.

I think you are the one

who realizes it more than I.

Mrs. Dernakova,

the law is on our side.

Your aunt- I mean,

the late Mrs. Albertson-

left the estate to the boy

with Mr. Spender as guardian.

It is true that the law,

as you say, is on your side.

I am in a strange country,

and I'm alone.

But I have a feeling that here,

in some way, I will find justice.

I don't care how long it takes.

I will fight for what belongs to me.

And I will never

let you keep my son from me!

I, uh, think

you're being hasty.

We might be prepared to settle this

on some reasonable basis.

Just a minute, Callahan.

- Mrs. Dernakova?

- Yes?

I'm sorry to have

put you through this ordeal...

but, you see,

I had to be positive.

I'm sure you'll agree

there's Chris to consider too.

And if we both started there,

unselfishly...

we might find some solution

to this problem...

without lawyers.

What's the matter?

Don't you like our food?

Oh, yes.

But I'm still upset.

Your lawyer's so very efficient.

Oh, forget about him.

Let's talk about you.

I didn't know I had

such a beautiful relative in Poland.

What?

Don't look so surprised. Aunt Sophie

was related to me, too, by marriage.

Oh.

If she were alive,

I would have been with her long ago.

- I sent her a cable.

- Yes, I know.

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