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Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Genres: Period Film, Gothic Film, Drama, Thriller
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Summary:
Years before he became the leading star in horror movies, Vincent Price starred in this gothic thriller based on the best-selling novel by Anya Seton. Nicholas Van Ryn (Vincent Price) is a wealthy feudal heir of Dutch ancestry living in New York's Hudson Valley in the 1840s. Nicholas has come to hate his wife because she has been unable to give him a son; their on... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Gene Tierney - (Miranda Wells)
Spring Byington - (Magda)
Walter Huston - (Ephraim Wells)
Vincent Price - (Nicholas Van Ryn)
Scott Elliott - (Tom Wells)
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Review:
Dragonwyck is a moderately engrossing Gothic thriller that ultimately fails to satisfy completely, largely due to first-time director Joseph_L._Mankiewicz attempting to be too faithful to the Anya_Seton novel that is the film's source. While it's true that Mankiewicz left out some key sections of the novel (including real-life events... Continue >>

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