The House of the Seven Gables backdrop

The House of the Seven Gables 1940 Directed by Joe May

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

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Drama , Thriller
Production Company Universal Pictures
Release Date 12 April 1940
89 mins
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George Sanders Jaffrey Pyncheon
Margaret Lindsay Hepzibah Pyncheon
Vincent Price Clifford Pyncheon
Nan Grey Phoebe Pyncheon
Dick Foran Matthew Maule
Cecil Kellaway Philip Barton
Alan Napier Fuller
Gilbert Emery Gerald Pyncheon
Miles Mander Deacon Arnold Foster
Harry Cording Blacksmith Hawkins
Michael Mark Ex-Convict
Hal Budlong Driver
Robert Dudley Jury Foreman
Martin Faust Town Gossip
Margaret Fealy Town Gossip
Sibyl Harris Mrs. Foster
Ellis Irving Man Drinking From Cup
P.J. Kelly Man With Rake
Colin Kenny Court Bailiff
Ann Kunde Courtroom Spectator
Jane Loofbourrow Town Gossip
Murdock MacQuarrie Town Gossip
Michael Mark Ex-Convict Reading Tribune
Nelson McDowell Coroner in Courtroom
Mira McKinney Mrs. Reynolds
Edgar Norton Phineas Weed - Jaffrey's Servant
Lon Poff Juror
Russ Powell Grocer / Juror
Jack C. Smith Prison Guard
Hugh Sothern Reverend Jeremiah Smith
Harry Stubbs Jeremiah - Man in Pub
Harry Woods Mr. Wainwright
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