The Handmaiden
2016 · Thriller · Drama
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Film / 1940
The House of the Seven Gables
Directed by
Joe May
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.
The story
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.
Cast
George SandersJaffrey Pyncheon
Margaret LindsayHepzibah Pyncheon
Vincent PriceClifford Pyncheon
Nan GreyPhoebe Pyncheon
Dick ForanMatthew Maule
Cecil KellawayPhilip Barton
Alan NapierFuller
Gilbert EmeryGerald Pyncheon
Miles ManderDeacon Arnold Foster
Charles TrowbridgeJudge
Harry CordingBlacksmith Hawkins
Michael MarkEx-Convict
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Hal BudlongDriver
Caroline Frances CookeTown Gossip
Kernan CrippsWorkman
Robert DudleyJury Foreman
Martin FaustTown Gossip
Margaret FealyTown Gossip
Sibyl HarrisMrs. Foster
Ellis IrvingMan Drinking From Cup
P.J. KellyMan With Rake
Colin KennyCourt Bailiff
Ann KundeCourtroom Spectator
Jane LoofbourrowTown Gossip
Murdock MacQuarrieTown Gossip
Nelson McDowellCoroner in Courtroom
Mira McKinneyMrs. Reynolds
Edgar NortonPhineas Weed - Jaffrey's Servant
Lon PoffJuror
Russ PowellGrocer / Juror
Allen D. SewallJuror
Jack C. SmithPrison Guard
Hugh SothernReverend Jeremiah Smith
Harry StubbsJeremiah - Man in Pub
Claire WhitneyWitness
Harry WoodsMr. Wainwright
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