The House of the Seven Gables Movie Review 1940

Nathaniel Hawthorne's brooding novel about greed and a family curse. Jaffrey Pyncheon (Sanders) frames his brother Clifford (Price) for the murder of their father so that he can search in peace for the fortune Jaffrey believes is hidden somewhere in the family mansion, Seven Gables. But, eventually, Clifford gets out of prison and returns to claim his birthright. The studio built an exact duplicate of the original Salem house.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 89 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Brothers & Sisters, The Wrong Man, Period Piece: 19th Century, Books to Film: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Creepy Houses

Screenplay

Harold Greene

Cast

George Sanders, Vincent Price, Margaret Lindsay, Dick Foran, Nan Grey, Cecil Kellaway, Alan Napier

Cinematography

Milton Krasner

Director

Joe May

Producer

Burt Kelly, Universal Pictures