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The House of the Seven Gables
Credits
Title: The House of the Seven Gables
Genres: Thriller
Directed by: Joe May
Written by: Lester Cole; Harold Greene
Produced by: Burt Kelly
Music by: Frank Skinner
Cinematography: Milton R. Krasner
Edited by: Frank Gross
Production
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Released: April 12th, 1940
Rating: Approved
Running time: 89 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
Budget: $178,000
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The House of the Seven Gables is an American feature film of the thriller genre. It is based on an 1851 novel by the same name by author Nathaniel Hawthorne. This is the second screen adaptation of Hawthorne's book, the first being a 1910 silent film short by director J. Searle Dawley starring Mary Fuller.

This film was directed by Joe May with a screenplay written by Lester Cole and an adaptation penned by Harold Greene. It was produced by Universal Pictures and released theatrically in the United States on April 12th, 1940.

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Actor Role
George Sanders Jaffrey Pyncheon
Margaret Lindsay Hepzibah Pyncheon
Vincent Price Clifford Pyncheon
Dick Foran Matthew Holgrave
Nan Grey Phoebe Pyncheon
Cecil Kellaway Philip Barton
Alan Napier Fuller
Gilbert Emery Gerald Pyncheon
Miles Mander Deacon Foster
Charles Trowbridge Judge

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Note: The following is taken from the full credits list for this entry on IMDB. As it is a website with user-submitted information, some of the data listed here, including character names may be inaccurate.

Actor Role
Hal Budlong Driver
Caroline Frances Cooke Town gossip
Harry Cording Blacksmith Hawkins
Kernan Cripps Workman
Robert Dudley Jury foreman
Martin Faust Town gossip
Margaret Fealy Town gossip
Sibyl Harris Mrs. Foster
Ellis Irving Man drinking from cup
P.J. Kelly Man with rake
Colin Kenny Court bailiff
Ann Kunde Courtroom spectator
Jane Loofbourrow Town gossip
Murdock MacQuarrie Town gossip
Michael Mark Ex-convict reading Tribune
Nelson McDowell Coroner in courtroom
Mira McKinney Mrs. Reynolds
Edgar Norton Phineas Weed, servant
Lon Poff Juror
Russ Powell Grocer/Juror
Allen D. Sewall Juror
Jack C. Smith Prison guard
Hugh Sothern Reverend Jeremiah Smith
Harry Stubbs Jeremiah, man in pub
Claire Whitney Witness
Harry Woods Mister Wainwright

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