The Old Dark House (1932)

Storyline:

Seeking shelter from a pounding rainstorm in a remote region of Wales, several travelers 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.

Boris Karloff – Morgan

Melvyn Douglas – Pendeel

Charles Laughton – Sir William Porterhouse

Lilian Bond – Gladys

Ernest Thesiger – Horace Femm

Eva Moore – Rebecca Femm

Raymond Massey – Philip Waverton

Gloria Stuart – Margret Saverton

Elspeth Dudgeon – Sir Roderick Femm

Brember Willis – Saul Femm

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