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Crimes at the Dark House
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Wikipedia article
'Crimes at the Dark House' (originally titled 'The Woman in White') is a (1940) British film directed by George King starring Tod Slaughter, Sylvia Marriott and Hilary Eaves. It is loosely based on the 1860 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 of 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
References
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