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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. In the film, Palance plays two similar-looking brothers: Bill and his younger brother Arnie Judlow. 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. 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.
Original Release
09/05/1957
US Release
09/12/1957
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jack Palance | Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow |
Harold J. Stone | Henry Nova - Prison Guard / Henry Nova |
Edward Platt | The Warden |
Barbara Lang | Mrs. Ruth Judlow / Ruth Judlow |
Timothy Carey | Frenchy - Arnie's Cell Mate |
John Cliff | Officer |
John Close | Guard |
Joe Conley | Convict |
Richard H. Cutting | Assistant Warden |
Jack Daly | Zimmerman |
Directors
Writers
Russell Rouse, Jack Finney, Don Mankiewicz
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jack Palance | Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow |
Harold J. Stone | Henry Nova - Prison Guard / Henry Nova |
Edward Platt | The Warden |
Barbara Lang | Mrs. Ruth Judlow / Ruth Judlow |
Timothy Carey | Frenchy - Arnie's Cell Mate |
John Cliff | Officer |
John Close | Guard |
Joe Conley | Convict |
Richard H. Cutting | Assistant Warden |
Jack Daly | Zimmerman |
Danny Davenport | Inmate |
Burt Douglas | Dave |
Bill Erwin | Bank Teller |
Joel Fluellen | Ashlow - Convict / Ashlow |
Michael Galloway | Al Webson |
Duane Grey | Patrolman |
Paul Keast | Captain of Guards |
Donna Martell | Lois |
Owen McGiveney | Proprietor |
John McKee | Officer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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James E. Newcom | Producer |
Charles Schnee | Producer |