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Crimes at the Dark House 
Directed by George King Produced by George King (producer)
Odette King (producer)Written by Wilkie Collins (novel The Woman In White)
Edward Dryhurst (writer)
Frederick Hayward (writer)
H.F. Maltby (writer)Starring See below Cinematography Hone Glendinning Editing by Jack Harris Release date(s) 1940 Running time 69 minutes Country UK Language English Crimes at the Dark House is a (1940) British film directed by George King starring Tod Slaughter, Sylvia Marriott and Hilary Eaves. It is loosely based on the novel The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins.
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Plot summary
In this lurid melodrama Tod Slaughter plays a villain who murders the wealthy Sir Percival Glyde in the gold fields of Australia and assumes his identity in order to inherit his estate in England. On arriving in England he schemes to marry an heiress for her money and, with the connivance of the enigmatic Count Fosco, embarks on a killing spree of all who suspect him to be an imposter and get in the way of his plans to be the Lord the Manor.
Cast
- Tod Slaughter as The False Percival Glyde
- Sylvia Marriott as Laurie Fairlie / Anne Catherick
- Hilary Eaves as Marion Fairlie
- Geoffrey Wardwell as Paul Hartwright
- Hay Petrie as Dr. Isidor Fosco
- Margaret Yarde as Mrs. Bullen
- Rita Grant as Jessica, the Maid
- David Horne as Frederick Fairlie
- Elsie Wagstaff as Mrs. Catherick
- David Keir as Lawyer Merriman
Soundtrack
External links
- Crimes at the Dark House at the Internet Movie Database
- Crimes at the Dark House is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
- Missing Link Horror Classics
1930s Too Many Crooks (1930) · Deadlock (1931) · Men of Steel (1932) · Matinee Idol (1933) · High Finance (1933) · Her Imaginary Lover (1933) · The Silver Spoon (1934) · Guest of Honour (1934) · To Be a Lady (1934) · Get Your Man (1934) · The Blue Squadron (1934) · Windfall (1935) · Reasonable Doubt (1936) · Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936) · The Crimes of Stephen Hawke (1936) · Under a Cloud (1937) · The Ticket of Leave Man (1937) · Silver Top (1938) · Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror (1938) · John Halifax (1938) · The Face at the Window (1939)1940s Crimes at the Dark House (1940) · The Chinese Bungalow (1940) · The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940) · Two for Danger (1940) · Tomorrow We Live (1943) · Candlelight in Algeria (1944) · Code of Scotland Yard (1947) · Forbidden (1949)Categories:- English-language films
- 1940 films
- 1940s crime films
- British crime films
- Crime drama films
- Black-and-white films
- Films based on novels
- Films directed by George King
- 1940s drama film stubs
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