Crimes at the Dark House

Crimes at the Dark House

69 mins | Drama, Crime, Horror | March 1, 1940

In this lurid melodrama, Tod Slaughter plays a villain who murders the wealthy Sir Percival Glyde in the gold fields of Australia and assumes his identity in order to inherit Glyde's estate in England. On arriving in England, "Sir Percival" schemes to marry an heiress for her money, and, with the connivance of the cunning Dr. Isidor Fosco, embarks on a killing spree of all who suspect him to be an imposter and would get in the way of his plans to stay Lord of the Manor.

Crimes at the Dark House

69 mins | Drama, Crime, Horror | March 1, 1940

Crimes at the Dark House
In this lurid melodrama, Tod Slaughter plays a villain who murders the wealthy Sir Percival Glyde in the gold fields of Australia and assumes his identity in order to inherit Glyde's estate in England. On arriving in England, "Sir Percival" schemes to marry an heiress for her money, and, with the connivance of the cunning Dr. Isidor Fosco, embarks on a killing spree of all who suspect him to be an imposter and would get in the way of his plans to stay Lord of the Manor.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers George King Productions
Original title Crimes at the Dark House
Directors George King
Writers Frederick Hayward, Wilkie Collins, H.F. Maltby

Cast

Tod Slaughter

as The False Sir Percival Glyde

Sylvia Marriott

as Laurie Fairlie / Anne Catherick

Hilary Eaves

as Marion Fairlie

Geoffrey Wardwell

as Paul Hartwright

Hay Petrie

as Dr. Isidor Fosco

Margaret Yarde

as Mrs. Bullen

Rita Grant

as Jessica

David Horne

as Frederick Fairlie

Elsie Wagstaff

as Mrs. Catherick

David Keir

as Lawyer Mr. Merriman

Grace Arnold

as Maid

Vincent Holman

as Asylum Doctor