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07/05/1948 Mystery, Thriller 1h 49m
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CAUGHT IN THE BLACK SPELL OF TERROR!

Overview

A young painter stumbles upon an assortment of odd characters at an English estate where he has been hired to give art lessons to beautiful Laura Fairlie. Among them are Anne Catherick, a strange young woman dressed in white whom he meets in the forest and who bears a striking resemblance to Laura; cunning Count Fosco, who hopes to obtain an inheritance for nobleman Sir Percival Glyde, whom he plans to have Laura marry; Mr. Fairlie, a hypochondriac who can't stand to have anyone make the slightest noise; and eccentric Countess Fosco who has her own dark secret. The artist also finds himself drawn to Marion Halcomb, a distant relation to Laura for whom the Count also has plans.

  1. Stephen Morehouse Avery

    Writer

  2. Peter Godfrey

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Alexis Smith

    Marian Halcombe

  2. Eleanor Parker

    Laura Fairlie / Ann Catherick

  3. Sydney Greenstreet

    Count Fosco

  4. Gig Young

    Walter Hartright

  5. Agnes Moorehead

    Countess Fosco

  6. John Abbott

    Frederick Fairlie

  7. John Emery

    Sir Percival Glyde

  8. Curt Bois

    Louis

  9. Emma Dunn

    Mrs. Vesey

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2013-12-29
Limmeridge House of Mystery.

The Woman in White is directed by Peter Godfrey and adapted to screenplay by Stephen Morehouse Avery from the novel of the same name written by Wilkie Collins. It stars Alexis Smith, Eleanor Parker, Sydney Greenstreet, Gig Young, Agnes Moorehead, John Abbott and John Emery. Music is by Max Steiner and cinematography by Carl E. Guthrie.

England 1851 and artist Walter Hartright (Young) makes his way through the woods to the Limmeridge Estate where he is to teach drawing to Laura Fairlie (Parker). But he is stopped in his tracks by a woman dressed all in white, ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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