The House of the Seven Gables (1940)

1940 · Feature film · 88 min · dir. Joe May

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

• Thriller
• Drama
• Romance

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Synopsis

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.

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Details

Director

Joe May

Writer

Harold Greene

Cinematography

Milton Krasner

Studio

Universal Pictures

Released

1940-04-12

Running time

88 minutes

Cast & crew

• Joe May Director
• George Sanders
• Margaret Lindsay
• Vincent Price
• Nan Grey
• Dick Foran
• Cecil Kellaway
• Alan Napier
• Gilbert Emery

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