The Old Dark House

The Old Dark House

72 mins | Comedy, Horror | Oct. 19, 1932

Seeking shelter from a relentless rainstorm and landslides in a remote region of Wales, five travelers are admitted to a large foreboding old house that belongs to the extremely strange Femm family. Sepulchral Horace Femm and his obsessive, inhospitable sister Rebecca are the group's peculiar hosts. The house also holds surprises - and a brutish mute manservant named Morgan.

The Old Dark House

72 mins | Comedy, Horror | Oct. 19, 1932

The Old Dark House
Seeking shelter from a relentless rainstorm and landslides in a remote region of Wales, five travelers are admitted to a large foreboding old house that belongs to the extremely strange Femm family. Sepulchral Horace Femm and his obsessive, inhospitable sister Rebecca are the group's peculiar hosts. The house also holds surprises - and a brutish mute manservant named Morgan.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title The Old Dark House
Directors Joseph A. McDonough, James Whale
Writers J. B. Priestley, Benn W. Levy

Cast

Boris Karloff

as Morgan

Melvyn Douglas

as Roger Penderel

Charles Laughton

as Sir William 'Bill' Porterhouse

Lilian Bond

as Gladys Perkins aka Gladys DuCane

Ernest Thesiger

as Horace Femm

Eva Moore

as Rebecca Femm

Raymond Massey

as Philip Waverton

Gloria Stuart

as Margaret Waverton

Elspeth Dudgeon

as Sir Roderick Femm (as John Dudgeon)

Brember Wills

as Saul Femm