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The House of the Seven Gables ()

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Based on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, this classic film follows a family feud between two brothers and an ancient curse that haunts them.
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Jaffrey Pyncheon
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Hepzibah Pyncheon
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Clifford Pyncheon
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Matthew Holgrave
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Phoebe Pyncheon
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Philip Barton
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Fuller
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Gerald Pyncheon
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Deacon Foster
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Judge
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hal Budlong ...
Driver (uncredited)
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Town Gossip (uncredited)
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Blacksmith Hawkins (uncredited)
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Workman (uncredited)
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Jury Foreman (uncredited)
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Town Gossip (uncredited)
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Town Gossip (uncredited)
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Mrs. Foster (uncredited)
Ellis Irving ...
Man Drinking From Cup (uncredited)
P.J. Kelly ...
Man With Rake (uncredited)
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Court Bailiff (uncredited)
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Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Jane Loofbourrow ...
Town Gossip (uncredited)
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Town Gossip (uncredited)
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Ex-Convict Reading Tribune (uncredited)
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Coroner in Courtroom (uncredited)
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Mrs. Reynolds (uncredited)
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Phineas Weed - Jaffrey's Servant (uncredited)
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Juror (uncredited)
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Grocer / Juror (uncredited)
Allen D. Sewall ...
Juror (uncredited)
Jack C. Smith ...
Prison Guard (uncredited)
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Reverend Jeremiah Smith (uncredited)
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Jeremiah - Man in Pub (uncredited)
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Witness (uncredited)
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Mr. Wainwright (uncredited)

Directed by

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Joe May

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Lester Cole ... (screen play)
 
Harold Greene ... (adaptation)
 
Nathaniel Hawthorne ... (based on the novel by)

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Burt Kelly ... associate producer

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Frank Skinner

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Milton R. Krasner ... director of photography (as Milton Krasner)

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Frank Gross ... film editor

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Jack Otterson

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Russell A. Gausman ... (as R.A. Gausman)

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Vera West ... (gowns)

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Jack P. Pierce ... makeup artist (uncredited)

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Phil Karlson ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Richard H. Riedel ... associate art director

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Bernard B. Brown ... sound supervisor
William Hedgcock ... technician

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

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Charles Previn ... musical director
Hans J. Salter ... orchestrator (as H.J. Salter)

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Lester Cole ... dialogue director
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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. Written by Rod Crawford

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Taglines AN ANCIENT HOUSE! A MURDER SECRET! A HIDDEN TREASURE! (original print ad - all caps) See more »
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Also Known As
  • La Maison aux sept pignons (France)
  • Siete torres (Spain)
  • Дом о семи фронтонах (Soviet Union, Russian title)
  • A titkok kastélya (Hungary)
  • La casa maldita (Mexico)
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Runtime
  • 89 min
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Budget $178,000 (estimated)

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Trivia Vincent Price was brought in at the last minute to substitute for Robert Cummings, who had become indisposed through illness. Price was cast most likely because he had forged a good working relationship with producer Burt Kelly and Joe May in October 1939 while working on The Invisible Man Returns (1940). See more »
Goofs The deed to Maine Jaffrey discovers in the attic was granted by Charles II and dated 1653. In the 1650s, Britain was ruled by Oliver Cromwell; Charles II wouldn't become King of England until 1660. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Twice-Told Tales (1963). See more »
Soundtracks THE COLOR OF YOUR EYES See more »
Crazy Credits The Foreward is presented as several book pages, being turned by a human hand followed by the Prologue. FOREWARD: "In the middle of the 17th Century in New England, there lived one Colonel Jeffrey Pyncheon, a powerful leader of the Colonial Government." "In order to acquire a valuable piece of land, Pyncheon cold-heartedly accused its owner, a simple carpenter named Matthew Maule, of practicing Witchcraft." "The innocent man was promptly condemned to hang. From the scaffold Matthew Maule had hurled this curse: 'God hath given him blood to drink!'" "Colonel Pyncheon defiantly built his mansion on the dead man's ground. On the day of its completion he was found dead in his new library... blood trickling from his mouth. His descendants lived on at Seven Gables. Succeeding generations of villagers clung to the belief that 'Maule's Curse' dwelt there with them." See more »
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