The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
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.
- Released
- 1940-04-12
- Genres
- Thriller, Drama, Romance
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Joe May
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 32 votes
Cast
- George Sanders as Jaffrey Pyncheon
- Margaret Lindsay as Hepzibah Pyncheon
- Vincent Price as Clifford Pyncheon
- Nan Grey as Phoebe Pyncheon
- Dick Foran as Matthew Maule
- Cecil Kellaway as Philip Barton
- Alan Napier as Fuller
- Gilbert Emery as Gerald Pyncheon
- Miles Mander as Deacon Arnold Foster
- Charles Trowbridge as Judge
- Harry Cording as Blacksmith Hawkins
- Michael Mark as Ex-Convict