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The House of the Seven Gables
“AN ANCIENT HOUSE! A MURDER SECRET! A HIDDEN TREASURE!”
7.0 / 10• 1940• 1h 29m•NR• English
ThrillerDramaRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
George Sanders
Jaffrey Pyncheon
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Joe May's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The House of the Seven Gables is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
