The House of the Seven Gables

IMDb 6.9 1940 • 89 min • ThrillerDramaRomance

Director

Joe May

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

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