This superb Hitchcockian thriller shocked critics and audiences on its initial release. With superb performances from the cast (Dorothy McGuire in particular); a wonderfully eerie gothic mansion and a chilling atmosphere of fear and suspense, it is easy to see why the film stands as one of the classic tales of terror.
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Hitchcockian thriller about a woman who because of a childhood incident is unable to speak Now she&39;s working as a maid in a spooky New England manor where a murderer lurks about the premises -- a murderer who specializes in killing those burdened by afflictions Ethel Barrymore was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her outstanding performance Actors Dorothy McGuire George Brent Ethel Barrymore Kent Smith Rhonda Fleming Gordon Oliver Elsa Lanchester James Bell Charles Wagenheim Ellen Corby Richard Tyler Erville Alderson Sara Allgood & Myrna Dell Director Robert Siodmak Certificate PG Year 1946 Screen Fullscreen 43 Languages English - Dolby Digital (10) Mono Subtitles None listed Duration 1 hour and 21 minutes (approx)
It is 1906 and three handicapped girls have been murdered in a small New England town. Helen Capel (Dorothea McGuire), mute since childhood, is a servant girl in an bitter widow's household. Caught between the widow's two psychologically opposed sons Helen comes to suspect that the killer might be within her four walls.
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