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Crimes at the Dark House (1940)

Crimes at the Dark House poster
Directed by
George King
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 09m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man schemes to get a woman's inheritance by having her committed to an asylum. He targets a lookalike to impersonate her, but his plan unravels when secrets come to light.

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What happens

Crimes at the Dark House (originally titled The Woman in White) is a 1940 British film directed by George King and starring Tod Slaughter, Sylvia Marriott and Hilary Eaves. It was written by Edward Dryhurst, Frederick Hayward and H.F. Maltby based on the 1860 novel The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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