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The Haunting ()

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Hill House has stood for about 90 years and appears haunted: its inhabitants have always met strange, tragic ends. Now Dr. John Markway has assembled a team of people who he thinks will prove whether or not the house is haunted.
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Eleanor Lance
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Theodora
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Dr. John Markway
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Luke Sannerson
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Mrs. Sannerson
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Mrs. Dudley
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Grace Markway
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Mr. Dudley
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Carrie Fredericks
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Eldridge Harper
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Pamela Buckley ...
First Mrs. Crain (uncredited)
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Abigail Crain - Age 80 (uncredited)
Rosemary Dorken ...
Abigail Crain's Nurse-Companion (uncredited)
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Dora Fredericks (uncredited)
Claude Jones ...
Garage Attendant (uncredited)
Frieda Knorr ...
Second Mrs. Crain (uncredited)
Howard Lang ...
Hugh Crain (uncredited)
Janet Mansell ...
Abigail Crain - Age 6 (uncredited)
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Bud Fredericks (uncredited)
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Nurse (uncredited)
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Landlady (uncredited)

Directed by

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Robert Wise

Written by

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Nelson Gidding ... (screenplay)
 
Shirley Jackson ... (based on the novel: "The Haunting of Hill House")

Produced by

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Denis Johnson ... associate producer
Robert Wise ... producer (uncredited)

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Humphrey Searle ... (music composed by)

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Davis Boulton ... director of photography

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Ernest Walter

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Peter Elliott ... assembly cutter (uncredited)
John Grover ... first assistant editor (uncredited)
Margaret Miller ... assistant editor (uncredited)

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Irene Howard

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Elliot Scott

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John Jarvis

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Joan Johnstone ... hairdresser
Tom Smith ... makeup
Alice Holmes ... hairdresser (uncredited)

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David Tomblin ... assistant director
Mike Gowans ... third assistant director (uncredited)
Bernard Williams ... second assistant director (uncredited)

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Ivor Beddoes ... sketch artist
Terry Ackland-Snow ... draughtsman (uncredited)
Cyril Graysmark ... construction manager (uncredited)
Bill Isaacs ... prop buyer (uncredited)
Mickey Lennon ... chargehand dressing prop (uncredited)
Anthony Pratt ... draughtsman (uncredited)

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J.B. Smith ... dubbing mixer
Allan Sones ... dubbing editor (uncredited)
Gerry Turner ... sound recordist
A.W. Watkins ... recording supervisor
Mike Bassett ... sound maintenance (uncredited)
Desmond Briscoe ... special sound effects (uncredited)
Michael Hickey ... sound maintenance (uncredited)
John Streeter ... boom operator (uncredited)

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Tom Howard ... special effects

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Connie Tilton ... stunts (uncredited)

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Alan McCabe ... camera operator
Anthony Busbridge ... focus puller (uncredited)
Terry Cole ... clapper loader (uncredited)
Norman Gryspeerdt ... still photographer (uncredited)
Pat Newman ... grip (uncredited)

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Maude Churchill ... wardrobe supervisor
Mary Quant ... clothes: Claire Bloom's

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Humphrey Searle ... music conducted by

Script and Continuity Department

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Hazel Swift ... continuity

Additional Crew

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Bill Edwards ... unit publicist (uncredited)
Janet Turner ... production secretary (uncredited)
Tony Tweedale ... publicity assistant (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Dr. Markway, doing research to prove the existence of ghosts, investigates Hill House, a large, eerie mansion with a lurid history of violent death and insanity. With him are the skeptical young Luke, who stands to inherit the house, the mysterious and clairvoyant Theodora and the insecure Eleanor, whose psychic abilities make her feel somehow attuned to whatever spirits inhabit the old mansion. As time goes by it becomes obvious that they have gotten more than they bargained for as the ghostly presence in the house manifests itself in horrific and deadly ways. Written by Doug Sederberg

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Taglines An evil old house, the kind some people call haunted, is like an undiscovered country waiting to be explored. Hill House had stood for 90 years and might stand for 90 more. Silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone. See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Haunting of Hill House (United Kingdom)
  • La maison du diable (France)
  • Bis das Blut gefriert (Germany)
  • La casa encantada (Spain)
  • La mansión encantada (Spain)
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  • 112 min
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Budget $1,400,000 (estimated)

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Trivia To make Theodora appear more bohemian, beatnik, garments designed by Mary Quant from a recent collection were used to dress Claire Bloom. See more »
Goofs When Nell leaves the Boston garage, she sees a signpost that for the most part is correct with respect to route numbers and directions for the towns indicated. However, one sign refers to "US 50", and Nell then reads aloud her directions to take "US 50 from Boston and watch for the turn-off to Route 238." US 50 is nowhere near Boston; prior to the advent of the Interstate Highway System, US Route 50 was one of the principal highways that went straight through the middle of the country from Maryland on the East coast to California on the west coast. It is instead US 20 which begins in Boston and runs westward through Massachusetts before continuing across the country. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in 7 Nights to Remember (1966). See more »
Quotes Mrs. Dudley: [Eleanor has just been shown her room after she arrives] I can't keep the rooms the way I'd like, but there's no one else they could get that would help me.
Eleanor Lance: How very nice.
Mrs. Dudley: I set dinner on the dining room sideboard at 6. I clear up in the morning. I have breakfast for you at 9. I don't wait on people. I don't stay after I set out the dinner, not after it begins to get dark. I leave before the dark.
Eleanor Lance: Your husband?
Mrs. Dudley: We live over in town, miles away.
Eleanor Lance: Yes.
Mrs. Dudley: So there won't be anyone around if you need help.
Eleanor Lance: I understand.
Mrs. Dudley: We couldn't hear you. In the night.
Eleanor Lance: Do you have any idea when Dr. Markway...
Mrs. Dudley: [cuts her off] No one could. No one lives any nearer than town. No one will come any nearer than that.
Eleanor Lance: I know.
Mrs. Dudley: In the night. In the dark.
[Mrs. Dudley grins and leaves]
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