The House in Marsh Road (1960)

A novelist and his sexy lover plot to kill the novelist's wife so he can inherit.

Director:

Montgomery Tully

Writers:

Laurence Meynell (novel), Maurice J. Wilson

Stars:

Tony Wright, Patricia Dainton, Sandra Dorne

Cast

Cast overview:
Tony Wright	...	David Linton
Patricia Dainton	...	Jean Linton
Sandra Dorne	...	Valerie Stockley
Derek Aylward	...	Richard Foster
Sam Kydd	...	Morris Lumley
Llewellyn Rees	...	Webster
Anita Sharp-Bolster	...	Mrs. O'Brien (as Anita Sharp Bolster)
Roddy Hughes	...	Daniels
Harry Hutchinson	...	Landlord
Olive Sloane	...	Mrs. Morris
Geoffrey Denton	...	Police Inspector
Olga Dickie	...	Hotel Proprietress

Storyline

When a woman inherits a valuable house, her nasty husband and his mistress plot murder. But the house has a protective poltergeist who thwarts the wicked pair.

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel | independent film

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

November 1960 (UK)

Also Known As:

Invisible Creature

Company Credits

Production Co:

Merton Park Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

70 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

User Reviews

First seen on Pittsburgh's CHILLER THEATER in 1965

1960's "Invisible Creature" was one of the numerous foreign titles (British, Japanese, Mexican, West German) issued straight to television in the US by American International Pictures, who even hired home grown talent to supply them with product (Larry Buchanan in particular-"Zontar the Thing from Venus"). The American copyright is 1964, and the film debuted on Pittsburgh's CHILLER THEATER on May 8 1965 (paired with 1959's "A Bucket of Blood"), shown again July 23 1966 (paired with 1958's "It!The Terror from Beyond Space"), and finally on August 2 1969 (paired with 1958's "Terror in the Haunted House"). Constantly shown throughout that decade, few of these have survived the test of time to be revived anymore (one notable exception is the Japanese "Attack of the Mushroom People" aka "Matango"). Today, "Invisible Creature" is deservedly obscure, as it is very low key, with a tiny no name cast and nonexistent budget. Also, the new American title rather gives the game away, the original British version called "The House in Marsh Road." Patricia Dainton stars as Jean Linton, the wife of a once successful author (Tony Wright) now drinking more than he writes, who inherits a two story country cottage inhabited by a ghost. Once the husband's wandering eye settles on an attractive widow who prefers the company of wealth, he begins to plot a way to bump off his unknowing spouse so he can rid himself of her ancestral home. What the pair don't know is that the never seen spectre appreciates Jean far more than they do, watching over her while she remains under its roof. I've always held a certain fondness for this one even though it's fairly predictable, but those who never viewed it back then may find it unrewarding.