The False Sir Percival Glyde
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Crimes at the Dark House (originally titled The Woman in White) is a 1940 British film directed by George King and starring Tod Slaughter, Sylvia Marriott and Hilary Eaves. It is loosely based on the 1860 novel The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins.
Crimes at the Dark House: Directed by George King. With Tod Slaughter, Sylvia Marriott, Hilary Eaves, Geoffrey Wardwell. A madman kills a man who has just inherited a large estate, then impersonates his victim to gain entrance to the estate so he can murder his enemies.
- (613)
- Drama
- George King
- 1942-01-01
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.
- (335)
- George King Productions
- George King
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.
Victorian Sir Percival (Tod Slaughter) kills his rich wife and replaces her with an asylum escapee.
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- Dennis Schwartz
- Mystery & Thriller
- George King
Starring: Tod Slaughter, Sylvia Marriott, Hillary Eaves A deranged man murders another man in order to assume his identity and take over a recently inherited ...more.
- 114 min
- 8.3K
- Gilberto Osborne
Crimes At The Dark House is a spectacular gem. Despite its age it is genuinely horrible, with a “can’t take your eyes off him” turn from its star, a witty script (“You always said you were a teetotaller… now you’re going to have a nice drop!”) and a galloping, not-a-shot-wasted pace.
