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The House of the Seven Gables

The House of the Seven Gables
★ 7.0/10•1940•1h 29m•NR•Thriller•Drama•Romance

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.

Joe May · Director

Nathaniel Hawthorne · Writer

Lester Cole · Writer

Harold Greene · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 29m
LanguageEN
Release DateApr 12, 1940

Actors

George Sanders

George Sanders

Jaffrey Pyncheon

Margaret Lindsay

Margaret Lindsay

Hepzibah Pyncheon

Vincent Price

Vincent Price

Clifford Pyncheon

Nan Grey

Nan Grey

Phoebe Pyncheon

Dick Foran

Dick Foran

Matthew Maule

Cecil Kellaway

Cecil Kellaway

Philip Barton

Alan Napier

Alan Napier

Fuller

Gilbert Emery

Gilbert Emery

Gerald Pyncheon

Miles Mander

Miles Mander

Deacon Arnold Foster

Charles Trowbridge

Charles Trowbridge

Judge

Harry Cording

Harry Cording

Blacksmith Hawkins

Michael Mark

Michael Mark

Ex-Convict

Hal Budlong

Driver

Caroline Frances Cooke

Caroline Frances Cooke

Town Gossip

Kernan Cripps

Kernan Cripps

Workman

Robert Dudley

Robert Dudley

Jury Foreman

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