Dragonwyck
“Secret thoughts... That led to secret love... That led to rapture and terror!”
A simple Connecticut farm girl is recruited by a distant relative, an aristocratic patroon, to be governess to his young daughter in his Hudson Valley mansion.
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Gene Tierney
Miranda Wells
Known for
Laura
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Walter Huston
Ephraim Wells
Known for
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
And Then There Were None
Vincent Price
Nicholas Van Ryn
Known for
The Great Mouse Detective
Edward Scissorhands
Glenn Langan
Dr. Jeff Turner
Known for
The Amazing Colossal Man
The Snake Pit
Anne Revere
Abigail Wells
Known for
A Place in the Sun
Secret Beyond the Door
Spring Byington
Magda
Known for
Meet John Doe
You Can't Take It with You
Connie Marshall
Katrine Van Ryn
Known for
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Daisy Kenyon
Harry Morgan
Klaas Bleecker
Known for
M*A*S*H
High Noon
Vivienne Osborne
Johanna Van Ryn
Also in
Two Seconds
Supernatural
Jessica Tandy
Peggy O'Malley
Known for
The Birds
Driving Miss Daisy
Trudy Marshall
Elizabeth Van Borden
Also in
The Dancing Masters
Key Witness
Gertrude Astor
Nurse (uncredited)
Known for
The Cat and the Canary
Come Clean
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Director · Anya Seton Author Alfred Newman Composer
Worldwide gross $6M · United States release April 10, 1946 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$6,000,000
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 10, 1946
Theatrical
United States
April 19, 1946 · Theatrical
Germany
April 8, 1952 · Theatrical
Netherlands
March 30, 2006 · Physical · DVD
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