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The House of the Seven Gables

1940 · 89 min

A shadowy, slow Gothic melodrama of family greed and long-held grudges, heavy with dread and old-house gloom.

Directed by
Joe May
Genres
Thriller, Drama, Romance
Starring
George Sanders, Margaret Lindsay, Vincent Price
Tagline
AN ANCIENT HOUSE! A MURDER SECRET! A HIDDEN TREASURE!
Overview
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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Stream in the UK
  • FILMBOX+ Now Amazon Channel
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Joe May
Genres
Thriller, Drama, Romance
Starring
George Sanders, Margaret Lindsay, Vincent Price
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • betrayal
  • revenge
  • family
  • justice
Places
  • single country house
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism6
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
thriller, drama, romance
Directed by
Joe May
Written by
Lester Cole, Harold Greene, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Starring
George Sanders, Margaret Lindsay, Vincent Price, Nan Grey, Dick Foran, Cecil Kellaway, Alan Napier, Gilbert Emery
Cinematography
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Runtime
89 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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