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A House is Not a Home

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1hr 38min
Genres:
Drama,Romance
Release:
1964
Director:
Russell Rouse
Starring:
Shelley Winters, Robert Taylor, Cesar Romero  ...more
Synopsis: This drama tells the true story of one of Broadway's most successful madams in the 1920s. It is loosely based on the autobiography of Polly Adler. The story begins when young Polly is seduced and raped at her job by the sweatshop foreman. When her uncle, with whom she lived, learns of the act, he blames her and tosses her out. She then moves into an apartment owned by a racketeer. It is he who encourages her into her "helping" profession when he gives her money for bringing her pals to a gangster ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Probably no one would really expect A House is Not a Home, a movie based upon the memoirs of famed Madam Polly Adler, to be a great movie. What's surprising therefore isn't that House is only a so-so film; what's surprising is that it's really rather dull. After all, Adler's life was full of spice and drama. But not matter how hard writers Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene try, no matter how many melodramatic ... Full Review
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Shelley Winters
Polly Adler
Robert Taylor
Frank Costigan
Cesar Romero
Lucky Luciano
Ralph Taeger
Casey Booth
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