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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.
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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.
Rating:NR
Genre:Thriller, Drama, Romance
Written By:Harold Greene, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Lester Cole
In Theaters:4/12/1940
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Runtime:89 minutes
Studio:Universal Pictures
Cast
Joe May
Director
George Sanders
Jaffrey Pyncheon
Margaret Lindsay
Hepzibah Pyncheon
Vincent Price
Clifford Pyncheon
Nan Grey
Phoebe Pyncheon
Dick Foran
Matthew Maule
Cecil Kellaway
Philip Barton
Alan Napier
Fuller
Gilbert Emery
Gerald Pyncheon
Miles Mander
Deacon Arnold Foster
Charles Trowbridge
Judge
Harry Cording
Blacksmith Hawkins
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