Dragonwyck (1946)

Directed by

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Genre

drama film, mystery film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 123 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman from a poor family goes to live as a governess at a wealthy man's estate in 1840s New York. She becomes caught up in his dark secrets and controlling behavior.

periodgothicdarkmelodramatictensemysteriousbroodingslow-burn

What happens

Dragonwyck is a 1946 American period drama film made by Twentieth Century-Fox. It was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and Ernst Lubitsch (uncredited), from a screenplay by Mankiewicz, based on the novel Dragonwyck by Anya Seton. The music score was by Alfred Newman, and the cinematography by Arthur C. Miller. The film stars Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, and Vincent Price. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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