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A couple and their twelve-year-old son move into a giant house for the summer where things aren’t quite what they seem. Every time someone gets hurt on the grounds, the beat-up house seems to repair itself…


“James Mason brings his genius to the strangest love story that ever haunted two hearts”
An elderly couple move into an old, supposedly haunted abandoned house. A young girl comes to live with the pair as a companion for the wife. However, soon the girl is possessed by the spirit of another girl, a wealthy woman who had once lived in the house but who had been murdered there.
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Margaret Lockwood
Annette Allenby

James Mason
Henry Smedhurst

Barbara Mullen
Emilie Smedhurst

Dennis Price
Dr. Robert Selbie

Helen Haye
Florence Manning-Tutthorn

Michael Shepley
Alistair Manning-Tutthorn

Dulcie Gray
Sarah

Ernest Thesiger
Dr. Richard Marsham
Henry B. Longhurst
Inspector Barlowe

Moore Marriott
George
A Place of One's Own is a drama, horror, mystery, thriller film released in 1945 exploring themes of possession, murder, old house, haunted manor. Directed by Bernard Knowles, it stars Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Barbara Mullen. An elderly couple move into an old, supposedly haunted abandoned house. A young girl comes to live with the pair as a companion for the wife. However, soon the girl is possessed by the spirit of another girl, a wealthy woman who had once lived in the house but who had been murdered there.
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