Crimes at the Dark House

Crimes at the Dark House

Directed by	George King
Produced by	George King (producer) Odette King (producer)
Written by	Wilkie Collins (novel The Woman In White) Edward Dryhurst (writer) Frederick Hayward (writer) H.F. Maltby (writer)
Starring	Tod Slaughter
Music by	Jack Beaver
Cinematography	Hone Glendinning
Edited by	Jack Harris
Release dates	1940
Running time	69 minutes
Country	UK
Language	English

Crimes at the Dark House is a (1940) British film directed by George King starring Tod Slaughter, Sylvia Marriott and Hilary Eaves. It is loosely based on the novel The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins.

Plot summary

In this lurid melodrama Tod Slaughter plays a villain who 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 and, with the connivance of the enigmatic Count Fosco, embarks on a killing spree of all who suspect him to be an imposter and get in the way of his plans to be the Lord 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

External links

Crimes at the Dark House at the Internet Movie Database
Crimes at the Dark House is available for free download at the Internet Archive
Missing Link Horror Classics

Films directed by George King

Too Many Crooks (1930)
Deadlock (1931)
Midnight (1931)
Men of Steel (1932)
Matinee Idol (1933)
High Finance (1933)
Mayfair Girl (1933)
Her Imaginary Lover (1933)
The Silver Spoon (1933)
Guest of Honour (1934)
To Be a Lady (1934)
Get Your Man (1934)
The Blue Squadron (1934)
Windfall (1935)
Reasonable Doubt (1936)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936)
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke (1936)
Under a Cloud (1937)
The Ticket of Leave Man (1937)
Merry Comes to Town (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)
Tomorrow We Live (1943)
Candlelight in Algeria (1944)
Gaiety George (1946)
Code of Scotland Yard (1947)
Forbidden (1949)

Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White

Films	The Woman in White (1912) The Woman in White (1929) Crimes at the Dark House (1940) The Woman in White (1948)

TV	The Woman in White (1966 TV series) The Woman in White (1997 TV series)

Other	The Woman in White (2004 musical)

Related	Brimstone

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