"No beds! They can't have beds!" A uniquely bizarre, wonderfully funny and exciting haunted house film with an all-star cast directed by the brilliant James Whale. Loosely based on J.B. Priestley's novel
Benighted, the story has a group of stranded travelers forced to seek refuge at the
strange house of the Femm family. Philip Waverton (Massey), his wife Margaret (Stuart) and their friend Roger Penderell (Douglas) arrive first. Inside lurks a "home" presided over by the 102 year-old bedridden patriarch Sir Roderick (Elspeth Dudgeon, an actress billed in the credits as "John
Dudgeon" and brilliant in the role). Also featured are his atheist son Horace (Thesig...
Released:
1932
Rated:
NR
Length:
70 mins