The House of the Seven Gables
- Movies
- 1940-04-12
- EN
- Released
- 1h 29m
- US
- Thriller - Drama
Production
Universal Pictures
Tagline
AN ANCIENT HOUSE! A MURDER SECRET! A HIDDEN TREASURE!
Storyline
In 1828, the bankrupt Pyncheon family fight over Seven Gables, the ancestral mansion. To obtain the house, Jaffrey Pyncheon obtains his brother Clifford's false conviction for murder. Hepzibah, Clifford's sweet fiancée, patiently waits twenty years for his release, whereupon Clifford and his former cellmate, abolitionist Matthew, have a certain scheme in mind.
