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Dragonwyck

Dragonwyck

6,6 /10 (123 Votes)
1946 EN 103 min

Overview

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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Release date

10/04/1946

Votes

123

Popularity

2.9

Secret thoughts... That led to secret love... That led to rapture and terror!

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

103 min

Revenue

$6,000,000

Gene Tierney

Gene Tierney

Miranda Wells

Walter Huston

Walter Huston

Ephraim Wells

Vincent Price

Vincent Price

Nicholas Van Ryn

Glenn Langan

Glenn Langan

Dr. Jeff Turner

Anne Revere

Anne Revere

Abigail Wells

Spring Byington

Spring Byington

Magda

Connie Marshall

Connie Marshall

Katrine Van Ryn

Harry Morgan

Harry Morgan

Klaas Bleecker

Vivienne Osborne

Vivienne Osborne

Johanna Van Ryn

Jessica Tandy

Jessica Tandy

Peggy O'Malley

Trudy Marshall

Trudy Marshall

Elizabeth Van Borden

Gertrude Astor

Gertrude Astor

Nurse (uncredited)

Robert Baldwin

Robert Baldwin

Farmer (uncredited)

Ruth Cherrington

Ruth Cherrington

Dowager (uncredited)

Scott Elliott

Scott Elliott

Tommy Wells (uncredited)

Pierce Lyden

Pierce Lyden

Murdered Man (uncredited)

Larry Steers

Larry Steers

Servant (uncredited)

No photo

Charles Waldron

Farmer (uncredited)

Arthur Aylesworth

Arthur Aylesworth

Farmer (uncredited)

No photo

Shelby Bacon

Dancer (uncredited)

Walter Baldwin

Walter Baldwin

Tom Wilson (uncredited)

Trevor Bardette

Trevor Bardette

Farmer (uncredited)

Bill Carter

Bill Carter

Man (uncredited)

Clancy Cooper

Clancy Cooper

Farmer (uncredited)

No photo

Edwin Davis

Dancer (uncredited)

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Wally Dean

Servant (uncredited)

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Nestor Eristoff

Man (uncredited)

Tom Fadden

Tom Fadden

Otto Gebhardt (uncredited)

No photo

Betty Fairfax

Mrs. McNab (uncredited)

No photo

George Ford

Man (uncredited)

Ruth Ford

Ruth Ford

Cornelia Van Borden (uncredited)

No photo

Michael Garrison

Zack Wilson (uncredited)

Henry Hebert

Henry Hebert

Party Guest (uncredited)

Robert "Buzz" Henry

Robert "Buzz" Henry

Messenger Boy (uncredited)

No photo

Keith Hitchcock

Mr. McNabb (uncredited)

Harry Humphrey

Harry Humphrey

Farmer (uncredited)

Boyd Irwin

Boyd Irwin

Tompkins the Butler (uncredited)

Ted Jordan

Ted Jordan

Man (uncredited)

No photo

Virginia Lee

Helena Vanderhyde (uncredited)

No photo

Robert Malcolm

Farmer (uncredited)

No photo

Thomas Martin

Servant (uncredited)

No photo

Walter Marx

Boy (uncredited)

Jane Nigh

Jane Nigh

Tabby Wells (uncredited)

No photo

Steve Olsen

Vendor on Boat (uncredited)

Francis Pierlot

Francis Pierlot

Dr. Brown (uncredited)

Addison Richards

Addison Richards

Head Farmer (uncredited)

No photo

Mickey Roth

Nathaniel Wells (uncredited)

No photo

Alexander Sascha

Man (uncredited)

Reinhold Schünzel

Reinhold Schünzel

Count De Grenier (uncredited)

Grady Sutton

Grady Sutton

Astor House Clerk (uncredited)

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Art Thompson

Servant (uncredited)

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David Vallard

Obadiah (uncredited)

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Nanette Vallon

French Countess (uncredited)

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Maya Van Horn

Countess De Grenier (uncredited)

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Elizabeth Williams

Dowager (uncredited)

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Al Winters

Servant (uncredited)

Douglas Wood

Douglas Wood

Mayor Curtis (uncredited)

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John Chard

John Chard

2019-03-18

⭐ 8

I believe in myself, and I am answerable to myself! I will not live according to printed mottoes like the directions on a medicine bottle! Dragonwyck is directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz who also adapts the screenplay from the Anya Seton novel of the same name. It stars Vincent Price, Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Glenn Langan, Anne Revere, Jessica Tandy and Spring Byington. Music is by Alfred Newman and cinematography by Arthur C. Miller. Connecticut farm girl Miranda Wells (Tierney) is recruited by her aristocratic patroon cousin Nicholas Van Ryan (Price) to be governess to his young …

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2022-07-07

⭐ 7

Vincent Price excels in this sinister romance that has shades of Hitchcock's "Rebecca" (1940) about it. Gene Tierney ("Miranda") is brought up in a devoutly religious family under the auspices of the zealous "Ephraim" (Walter Huston) when she is offered the chance of a lifetime by her distant cousin "Nicholas van Ryn" (Price) to go and live in his mansion "Dragonwyck" to help care for his wife. When she dies, "Miranda" returns to her family only to be surprised when she is followed by her erstwhile host with an offer of marriage. What occurs now is a wonderfully - if, maybe a bit slowly, paced…

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