Fresh
For modern audiences, the movie is more elegantly creepy than truly scary, but it still charms.
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
The Uninvited
The Story of a Love That is Out of This World!
1944 · 1h 39m · Passed
Horror, Mystery
Directed by
Lewis M. Allen
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The Uninvited
Overview
A pair of siblings from London purchase a surprisingly affordable, lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, only to discover that it actually carries a ghostly price—and soon they’re caught up in a bizarre romantic triangle from beyond the grave.
Director and cast
- Lewis M. Allen Director
- Ray Milland as Roderick Fitzgerald
- Ruth Hussey as Pamela Fitzgerald
- Gail Russell as Stella Meredith
- Donald Crisp as Commander Beech
- Alan Napier as Dr. Scott
- Cornelia Otis Skinner as Miss Holloway
- Barbara Everest as Lizzie Flynn
- Dorothy Stickney as Miss Bird
- Queenie Leonard as Mrs. Taylor
- Rita Page as Annie
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