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A House Is Not a Home

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Polly Adler (Shelley Winters) runs a 1920s Broadway brothel, backed by a bootlegger (Robert Taylor) and big shots.

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Bosley Crowther New York Times 11/19/2018
[A] ridiculously maudlin film. Go to Full Review Liz Smith Cosmopolitan 02/01/2020
A pretty thin movie. Go to Full Review Tony Mastroianni Cleveland Press 11/19/2018
[Polly Adler's book was] an interesting and unpretentious study of an era and its seamy side from a unique view point. No such claims can be made for this movie version of a madam's memoirs. Go to Full Review TV Guide Staff TV Guide 11/19/2018
1.5/5
Poorly and unimaginatively adapted from the autobiography of Polly Adler. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Russell Rouse

Director

Shelley Winters

Polly Adler

Robert Taylor

Frank Costigan

Cesar Romero

Lucky Luciano

Ralph Taeger

Casey Booth

Kaye Ballard

Sidonia
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Movie Info

Synopsis Polly Adler (Shelley Winters) runs a 1920s Broadway brothel, backed by a bootlegger (Robert Taylor) and big shots.
Director
Russell Rouse
Producer
Clarence Greene
Screenwriter
Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene
Distributor
Embassy Pictures
Production Co
Embassy Pictures
Genre
Biography
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 12, 1964, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
May 22, 2017
Runtime
1h 38m