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The Old Dark House ()

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Seeking shelter from a storm, five travelers are in for a bizarre and terrifying night when they stumble upon the Femm family estate.
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Morgan
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Penderel
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Sir William Porterhouse
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Gladys (as Lillian Bond)
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Horace Femm
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Rebecca Femm
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Philip Waverton
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Margaret Waverton
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Sir Roderick Femm (as John Dudgeon)
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Saul Femm

Directed by

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James Whale

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J.B. Priestley ... (novel) (as J.B. Priestly)
 
Benn W. Levy ... (screen play)
 
R.C. Sherriff ... (additional dialogue) (uncredited)

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E.M. Asher ... associate producer (uncredited)
Carl Laemmle Jr. ... producer

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Arthur Edeson ... (uncredited)

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Clarence Kolster ... (uncredited)

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Maurice Pivar ... supervising editor (uncredited)

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Russell A. Gausman ... (uncredited)

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Otto Lederer ... makeup artist (uncredited)
Jack P. Pierce ... makeup artist (uncredited)

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Carl Laemmle ... president: Universal Pictures Corp.

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Joseph A. McDonough ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Charles D. Hall ... interior designer (uncredited)

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William Hedgcock ... sound recordist (uncredited)
C. Roy Hunter ... sound supervisor (uncredited)

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John P. Fulton ... special effects (uncredited)

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Jack Eagan ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Roman Freulich ... still photographer (uncredited)
King D. Gray ... camera operator (uncredited)

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Mae Bruce ... wardrobe (uncredited)

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David Broekman ... composer: title music (uncredited)
Bernhard Kaun ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Heinz Roemheld ... composer: stock music (uncredited)

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Carl Laemmle ... presenter
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Plot Summary

Seeking shelter from a pounding rainstorm in a remote region of Wales, several travellers are admitted to a gloomy, foreboding mansion belonging to the extremely strange Femm family. Trying to make the best of it, the guests must deal with their sepulchral host, Horace Femm and his obsessive, malevolent sister Rebecca. Things get worse as the brutish manservant Morgan gets drunk, runs amuck and releases the long pent-up brother Saul, a psychotic pyromaniac who gleefully tries to destroy the residence by setting it on fire. Written by Doug Sederberg

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Taglines More thrilling than "Dracula." More mysterious than "Frankenstein." The spookiest of them all. You'll tremble and thrill and laugh at your own excitement. (Print ad- Woodville Republican, ((Woodville, Miss.)) 14 January 1933) See more »
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Also Known As
  • L'appel de la chair (France)
  • La maison de la mort (France)
  • Une soirée étrange (France)
  • Das Haus des Grauens (Germany)
  • Das alte finstere Haus (Germany)
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  • 72 min
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Trivia This was Boris Karloff's first credited starring role. His name had been left off the Frankenstein (1931) publicity packages and only credited in the end credits of that film. See more »
Goofs At the table, with Penderel, Saul Femm is holding the curved-bladed knife, the curved edge changes from top to bottom between takes. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into The Old Dark House (2015). See more »
Soundtracks Singin' in the Rain See more »
Crazy Credits Before the Universal Pictures logo: PRODUCER'S NOTE: - Karloff, the mad butler in this production, is the same Karloff who created the part of the mechanical monster in "Frankenstein". We explain this to settle all disputes in advance, even though such disputes are a tribute to his great versatility See more »
Quotes Rebecca Femm: [feels the fabric of Margaret Waverton's low-cut gown] Fine stuff, but it'll rot.
Rebecca Femm: [touches Margaret's skin above the neckline] Finer stuff still, but it'll rot too!
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