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Jealousy, loyalty, and a family feud between two brothers are all at play in The House of the Seven Gables, based on the classic novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The sudden death of Jaffrey (George Sanders) and Clifford (Vincent Price) Pyncheon's father provides the vengeful and vindictive Jaffrey with the perfect opportunity to get his brother out of the way and seize the family fortune. Framed for murder and forced to leave his fiancee (Margaret Lindsay) behind, Clifford is sent off to prison, where he befriends Matthew Hargrave (Dick Foran), the descendent of the Maule family, with whom the Pyncheons have a long history of turbulence. Can the two join together to foil Jaffrey, or are the families destined to repeat the mistakes of the past and live out the curse of their ancestors?
Original Release
04/12/1940
US Release
04/12/1940
Cast
Name | Character |
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George Sanders | Jaffrey Pyncheon |
Margaret Lindsay | Hepzibah Pyncheon |
Vincent Price | Clifford Pyncheon |
Dick Foran | Matthew Holgrave / Matthew Maule |
Nan Grey | Phoebe Pyncheon |
Cecil Kellaway | Philip Barton |
Alan Napier | Fuller |
Gilbert Emery | Gerald Pyncheon |
Miles Mander | Deacon Foster / Deacon Arnold Foster |
Charles Trowbridge | Judge |
Directors
Writers
Lester Cole, Harold Greene, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Cast
Name | Character |
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George Sanders | Jaffrey Pyncheon |
Margaret Lindsay | Hepzibah Pyncheon |
Vincent Price | Clifford Pyncheon |
Dick Foran | Matthew Holgrave / Matthew Maule |
Nan Grey | Phoebe Pyncheon |
Cecil Kellaway | Philip Barton |
Alan Napier | Fuller |
Gilbert Emery | Gerald Pyncheon |
Miles Mander | Deacon Foster / Deacon Arnold Foster |
Charles Trowbridge | Judge |
Hal Budlong | Driver |
Caroline Frances Cooke | Town Gossip |
Harry Cording | Blacksmith Hawkins |
Kernan Cripps | Workman |
Robert Dudley | Jury Foreman |
Martin Faust | Town Gossip |
Margaret Fealy | Town Gossip |
Sibyl Harris | Mrs. Foster |
Ellis Irving | Man Drinking From Cup |
P.J. Kelly | Man With Rake |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Burt Kelly | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1941 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Score | Nominated |