The House of the Seven Gables (1940)

04/12/1940 (US) • 1h 29m

Thriller, Drama

AN ANCIENT HOUSE! A MURDER SECRET! A HIDDEN TREASURE!

Overview

In 1828, the bankrupt Pyncheon family fight over Seven Gables, the ancestral mansion. To obtain the house, Jaffrey Pyncheon obtains his brother Clifford's false conviction for murder. Hepzibah, Clifford's sweet fiancée, patiently waits twenty years for his release, whereupon Clifford and his former cellmate, abolitionist Matthew, have a certain scheme in mind.

Top Billed Cast

George Sanders

Jaffrey Pyncheon

Margaret Lindsay

Hepzibah Pyncheon

Vincent Price

Clifford Pyncheon

Nan Grey

Phoebe Pyncheon

Dick Foran

Matthew Maule

Cecil Kellaway

Philip Barton

Gilbert Emery

Gerald Pyncheon

Miles Mander

Deacon Arnold Foster


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

imprisonment

tragic love

death in family

family conflict

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