Crimes at the Dark House
1940 film by George King
- Edward Dryhurst
- Frederick Hayward
- H. F. Maltby
by Wilkie Collins
Odette King (producer)
Release date
- 1940 (1940)
Running time
Crimes at the Dark House (originally titled The Woman in White)[1] is a 1940 British film directed by George King and starring Tod Slaughter, Sylvia Marriott and Hilary Eaves. It is loosely based on the 1860 novel The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins.[2]
Plot
A villain 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. With the connivance of the enigmatic Count Fosco, he embarks on a killing spree targeting those who suspect him to be an imposter and who may prevent him from becoming the lord of 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
References
External links
- Crimes at the Dark House at IMDb
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Films directed by George King
- Too Many Crooks (1930)
- Leave It to Me (1930)
- Number, Please (1931)
- Deadlock (1931)
- The Professional Guest (1931)
- Midnight (1931)
- Self Made Lady (1932)
- Men of Steel (1932)
- To Brighton with Gladys (1933)
- Mayfair Girl (1933)
- Smithy (1933)
- Enemy of the Police (1933)
- I Adore You (1933)
- The Silver Spoon (1933)
- Too Many Wives (1933)
- Matinee Idol (1933)
- High Finance (1933)
- Her Imaginary Lover (1933)
- Beware of Women (1933)
- Murder at the Inn (1934)
- Oh No Doctor! (1934)
- Guest of Honour (1934)
- Nine Forty-Five (1934)
- The Blue Squadron (1934)
- To Be a Lady (1934)
- The Office Wife (1934)
- Get Your Man (1934)
- Little Stranger (1934)
- Adventure Ltd. (1935)
- Full Circle (1935)
- Windfall (1935)
- The Man Without a Face (1935)
- Gay Old Dog (1935)
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936)
- The Crimes of Stephen Hawke (1936)
- Reasonable Doubt (1936)
- Wanted! (1937)
- Merry Comes to Town (1937)
- 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)
- Crimes at the Dark House (1940)
- The Chinese Bungalow (1940)
- The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940)
- Two for Danger (1940)
- George and Margaret (1940)
- Tomorrow We Live (1943)
- Candlelight in Algeria (1944)
- Gaiety George (1946)
- Code of Scotland Yard (1947)
- Forbidden (1949)
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