Dragonwyck
Secret thoughts... That led to secret love... That led to rapture and terror!
1946 · 1h 43m · Approved
Drama, Romance, Thriller
Directed by
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Dragonwyck
Overview
A simple Connecticut farm girl is recruited by a distant relative, an aristocratic patroon, to be governess to his young daughter in his Hudson Valley mansion.
Director and cast
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz Director
- Gene Tierney as Miranda Wells
- Walter Huston as Ephraim Wells
- Vincent Price as Nicholas Van Ryn
- Glenn Langan as Dr. Jeff Turner
- Anne Revere as Abigail Wells
- Spring Byington as Magda
- Connie Marshall as Katrine Van Ryn
- Harry Morgan as Klaus Bleecker (as Henry Morgan)
- Vivienne Osborne as Johanna Van Ryn
- Jessica Tandy Cast
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