The House of the Seven Gables (1940)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Release: 1940-04-12
Director: Joe May
Writers: Lester Cole , Harold Greene , Nathaniel Hawthorne
Language: English
Stars: George Sanders , Margaret Lindsay (I) (1910–1981) , Vincent Price , Dick Foran , Nan Grey , Cecil Kellaway , Alan Napier (I) (1903–1988) , Gilbert Emery , Miles Mander , Charles Trowbridge
Runtime: 89 min
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total
AKA: La maledizione della morte (Italy) , The House of the Seven Gables , A Casa das Sete Torres (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Förbannelsens hus (Sweden) , A Casa das Sete Torres (Brazil) , Siete torres (Spain) , The House of the Seven Gables (United States of America) , Дом о семи фронтонах , The House of the Seven Gables (United Kingdom) , A titkok kastélya (Hungary) , La casa maldita (Mexico) , La casa de los siete picos (Argentina) , La Maison aux sept pignons (France, French Republic) , La casa dei sette camini (Italy)
Plot: 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.
IMDB:tt0032610