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The Unseen

Name: The Unseen
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Released: 1945-05-12
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 4.7

★ 4,7 /10 (22 Votes)

1945 EN 80 min

Overview

David Fielding, who has recently lost his wife, moves into a new neighborhood under a cloud of suspicion. Many feel that his wife's death in a car crash was no accident. Elizabeth Howard, the governess he hires to look after his children, makes it her mission to find out the truth. When other murders seem to be following David to his new town, Elizabeth investigates with the help of David's son Barnaby.

Release date

12/05/1945

Votes

Popularity

1.1

AN EERIE STORY OF THE WHISPERING PAST!

Genres

Mystery Thriller Horror

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

80 min

Joel McCrea

David Fielding

Gail Russell

Elizabeth Howard

Herbert Marshall

Dr. Charles Evans

Phyllis Brooks

Maxine

Isobel Elsom

Marian Tygarth

Norman Lloyd

Jasper Goodwin

Mikhail Rasumny

Chester

Elisabeth Risdon

Mrs. Norris

Tom Tully

Sullivan

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Nona Griffith

Ellen Fielding

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Richard Lyon

Barnaby Fielding

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Salem Alley Shenanigans. The Unseen is directed by Lewis Allen and collectively written by Hagar Wilde, Ken Englund and Raymond Chandler. It's adapted from Ethel Lina White's novel "Her Heart in Her Throat". It stars Joel McCrea, Gail Russell, Herbert Marshall, Phyllis Brooks and Isobel Elsom. Music is by Ernst Toch and cinematography by John F. Seitz. Elizabeth Howard (Russell) is hired as a governess for David Fielding's (McCrea) two children. With David being secretive and strange occurrences happening, she begins to unravel the mystery of the empty house next door. Foolishly seen …

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Wealthy widower "Fielding" (Joel McCrae) hires "Miss Howard" (a rather bland Gail Russell) to be the governess to this children - the rather obnoxious "Barnaby" (Richard Lyon) and the rather more benign "Ellen" (Nona Griffith). The young boy likes to wind her up, he has secret telephone conversations and those, coupled with stories about a mysteriously empty house next door, set the scene for a rather torrid time for the young woman who is gradually falling - "Jane Eyre" style - for her boss. He is friendly with a local doctor (Herbert Marshall) and she is befriended by "Marian" (Isobel Elsom)…

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