A House Is Not a Home (film)

A House Is Not a Home
Film poster
Directed byRussell Rouse
Written bySteve Jankowski
Based onA House Is Not a Home
1953 autobiography by Polly Adler
Produced byClarence Greene
StarringShelley Winters
Robert Taylor
Cesar Romero
Ralph Taeger
Kaye Ballard
Broderick Crawford
CinematographyHarold E. Stine
Edited byChester W. Schaeffer
Music byJoseph Weiss
Distributed byEmbassy Pictures Corporation
Release dates
  • August 12, 1964 (1964-08-12) (San Francisco)
  • September 1, 1964 (1964-09-01) (New York)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

A House Is Not a Home is a 1964 American drama film directed by Russell Rouse and written by Steve Jankowski, loosely based on the 1953 autobiography by madam Polly Adler. The film stars Shelley Winters, Robert Taylor, Cesar Romero, and Kaye Ballard, with Raquel Welch in her film debut as a call girl. The song of the same name, written for the film by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, has become a standard.