Summary
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.
Details
Release Date: April 12, 1940
Runtime: 89 minutes
Genres: Thriller, Drama
Original Language: EN
Rating: ⭐ 6.9/10 (29 votes)
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Cast
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
Michael Mark
Ex-Convict
Caroline Frances Cooke
Town Gossip
Kernan Cripps
Workman
Robert Dudley
Jury Foreman
Martin Faust
Town Gossip
Margaret Fealy
Town Gossip
Sibyl Harris
Mrs. Foster
Colin Kenny
Court Bailiff
Murdock MacQuarrie
Town Gossip
Michael Mark
Ex-Convict Reading Tribune
Nelson McDowell
Coroner in Courtroom
Mira McKinney
Mrs. Reynolds
Edgar Norton
Phineas Weed - Jaffrey's Servant
Lon Poff
Juror
Russ Powell
Grocer / Juror
Hugh Sothern
Reverend Jeremiah Smith
Harry Stubbs
Jeremiah - Man in Pub
Claire Whitney
Witness
Harry Woods
Mr. Wainwright