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Dragonwyck

Dragonwyck

Secret thoughts... That led to secret love... That led to rapture and terror!

19466.71h 43m

Overview

A simple Connecticut farm girl is recruited by a distant relative, an aristocratic patroon, to be governess to his young daughter in his Hudson Valley mansion.

Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Anya Seton
Produced by Ernst Lubitsch, Darryl F. Zanuck
Box Office0Revenue: $6.0M

Top Cast

Gene Tierney

Gene Tierney

Miranda Wells

Walter Huston

Walter Huston

Ephraim Wells

Vincent Price

Vincent Price

Nicholas Van Ryn

Glenn Langan

Glenn Langan

Dr. Jeff Turner

Anne Revere

Anne Revere

Abigail Wells

Spring Byington

Spring Byington

Magda

Connie Marshall

Connie Marshall

Katrine Van Ryn

Harry Morgan

Harry Morgan

Klaas Bleecker

Vivienne Osborne

Vivienne Osborne

Johanna Van Ryn

Jessica Tandy

Jessica Tandy

Peggy O'Malley

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookpoisonblack and whitegothicnew york statemental illnessfarmerconnecticuitclass distinctionparanoid19th centuryland disputeland rightspatroon

About Dragonwyck

Dragonwyck is a drama, romance, thriller film released in 1946 exploring themes of based on novel or book, poison, black and white, gothic, new york state, mental illness. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, it stars Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Vincent Price. A simple Connecticut farm girl is recruited by a distant relative, an aristocratic patroon, to be governess to his young daughter in his Hudson Valley mansion.

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