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The House of the Seven Gables

The House of the Seven Gables

AN ANCIENT HOUSE! A MURDER SECRET! A HIDDEN TREASURE!

19406.91h 29m

Overview

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.

Directed by Joe May
Written by Harold Greene, Lester Cole, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Produced by Burt Kelly
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Top Cast

George Sanders

George Sanders

Jaffrey Pyncheon

Margaret Lindsay

Margaret Lindsay

Hepzibah Pyncheon

Vincent Price

Vincent Price

Clifford Pyncheon

Nan Grey

Nan Grey

Phoebe Pyncheon

Dick Foran

Dick Foran

Matthew Maule

Cecil Kellaway

Cecil Kellaway

Philip Barton

Alan Napier

Alan Napier

Fuller

Gilbert Emery

Gilbert Emery

Gerald Pyncheon

Miles Mander

Miles Mander

Deacon Arnold Foster

Charles Trowbridge

Charles Trowbridge

Judge

Themes & Keywords

imprisonmenttragic lovedeath in familyfamily conflict

About The House of the Seven Gables

The House of the Seven Gables is a thriller, drama, romance film released in 1940 exploring themes of imprisonment, tragic love, death in family, family conflict. Directed by Joe May, it stars George Sanders, Margaret Lindsay, Vincent Price. 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.

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