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DramaRomanceThriller

Dragonwyck

- Secret thoughts... That led to secret love... That led to rapture and terror!

For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas, seems like a dream. However, the situation gradually becomes nightmarish. She observes Nicholas' troubled relationship with his tenant farmers, as well as with his daughter, to whom Miranda serves as governess. Her relationship with Nicholas intensifies after his wife dies, but his mental imbalance threatens any hope of happiness.

Release Date : 1946-04-19

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Gene Tierney

Character Name : Miranda Wells

Original Name : Gene Tierney

Gender : Female

Walter Huston

Character Name : Ephraim Wells

Original Name : Walter Huston

Gender : Male

Vincent Price

Character Name : Nicholas Van Ryn

Original Name : Vincent Price

Gender : Male

Glenn Langan

Character Name : Dr. Jeff Turner

Original Name : Glenn Langan

Gender : Male

Anne Revere

Character Name : Abigail Wells

Original Name : Anne Revere

Gender : Female

Spring Byington

Character Name : Magda

Original Name : Spring Byington

Gender : Female

Connie Marshall

Character Name : Katrine Van Ryn

Original Name : Connie Marshall

Gender : Female

Harry Morgan

Character Name : Klaas Bleecker

Original Name : Harry Morgan

Gender : Male

Vivienne Osborne

Character Name : Johanna Van Ryn

Original Name : Vivienne Osborne

Gender : Female

Jessica Tandy

Character Name : Peggy O'Malley

Original Name : Jessica Tandy

Gender : Female

Trudy Marshall

Character Name : Elizabeth Van Borden

Original Name : Trudy Marshall

Gender : Female

Gertrude Astor

Character Name : Nurse (uncredited)

Original Name : Gertrude Astor

Gender : Female

Robert Baldwin

Character Name : Farmer (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Baldwin

Gender : Male

Ruth Cherrington

Character Name : Dowager (uncredited)

Original Name : Ruth Cherrington

Gender : Female

Scott Elliott

Character Name : Tommy Wells (uncredited)

Original Name : Scott Elliott

Gender : Male

Pierce Lyden

Character Name : Murdered Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Pierce Lyden

Gender : Male

Larry Steers

Character Name : Servant (uncredited)

Original Name : Larry Steers

Gender : Male

Charles Waldron

Character Name : Farmer (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Waldron

Gender : Male

Arthur Aylesworth

Character Name : Farmer (uncredited)

Original Name : Arthur Aylesworth

Gender : Male

Shelby Bacon

Character Name : Dancer (uncredited)

Original Name : Shelby Bacon

Gender : Male

Walter Baldwin

Character Name : Tom Wilson (uncredited)

Original Name : Walter Baldwin

Gender : Male

Trevor Bardette

Character Name : Farmer (uncredited)

Original Name : Trevor Bardette

Gender : Male

Bill Carter

Character Name : Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Bill Carter

Gender : Male

Clancy Cooper

Character Name : Farmer (uncredited)

Original Name : Clancy Cooper

Gender : Male

Edwin Davis

Character Name : Dancer (uncredited)

Original Name : Edwin Davis

Gender : Male

Wally Dean

Character Name : Servant (uncredited)

Original Name : Wally Dean

Gender : Male

Nestor Eristoff

Character Name : Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Nestor Eristoff

Gender : Male

Tom Fadden

Character Name : Otto Gebhardt (uncredited)

Original Name : Tom Fadden

Gender : Male

Betty Fairfax

Character Name : Mrs. McNab (uncredited)

Original Name : Betty Fairfax

Gender : Male

George Ford

Character Name : Man (uncredited)

Original Name : George Ford

Gender : Male

Ruth Ford

Character Name : Cornelia Van Borden (uncredited)

Original Name : Ruth Ford

Gender : Female

Michael Garrison

Character Name : Zack Wilson (uncredited)

Original Name : Michael Garrison

Gender : Male

Henry Hebert

Character Name : Party Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Henry Hebert

Gender : Male

Robert "Buzz" Henry

Character Name : Messenger Boy (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert "Buzz" Henry

Gender : Male

Keith Hitchcock

Character Name : Mr. McNabb (uncredited)

Original Name : Keith Hitchcock

Gender : Male

Harry Humphrey

Character Name : Farmer (uncredited)

Original Name : Harry Humphrey

Gender : Male

Boyd Irwin

Character Name : Tompkins the Butler (uncredited)

Original Name : Boyd Irwin

Gender : Male

Ted Jordan

Character Name : Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Ted Jordan

Gender : Male

Virginia Lee

Character Name : Helena Vanderhyde (uncredited)

Original Name : Virginia Lee

Gender : Female

Robert Malcolm

Character Name : Farmer (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Malcolm

Gender : Male

Thomas Martin

Character Name : Servant (uncredited)

Original Name : Thomas Martin

Gender : Male

Walter Marx

Character Name : Boy (uncredited)

Original Name : Walter Marx

Gender : Male

Jane Nigh

Character Name : Tabby Wells (uncredited)

Original Name : Jane Nigh

Gender : Female

Steve Olsen

Character Name : Vendor on Boat (uncredited)

Original Name : Steve Olsen

Gender : Male

Francis Pierlot

Character Name : Dr. Brown (uncredited)

Original Name : Francis Pierlot

Gender : Male

Addison Richards

Character Name : Head Farmer (uncredited)

Original Name : Addison Richards

Gender : Male

Mickey Roth

Character Name : Nathaniel Wells (uncredited)

Original Name : Mickey Roth

Gender : Male

Alexander Sascha

Character Name : Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Alexander Sascha

Gender : Male

Reinhold Schünzel

Character Name : Count De Grenier (uncredited)

Original Name : Reinhold Schünzel

Gender : Male

Grady Sutton

Character Name : Astor House Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Grady Sutton

Gender : Male

Art Thompson

Character Name : Servant (uncredited)

Original Name : Art Thompson

Gender : Male

David Vallard

Character Name : Obadiah (uncredited)

Original Name : David Vallard

Gender : Male

Nanette Vallon

Character Name : French Countess (uncredited)

Original Name : Nanette Vallon

Gender : Female

Maya Van Horn

Character Name : Countess De Grenier (uncredited)

Original Name : Maya Van Horn

Gender : Female

Elizabeth Williams

Character Name : Dowager (uncredited)

Original Name : Elizabeth Williams

Gender : Female

Al Winters

Character Name : Servant (uncredited)

Original Name : Al Winters

Gender : Male

Douglas Wood

Character Name : Mayor Curtis (uncredited)

Original Name : Douglas Wood

Gender : Male

Reviews

J

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

I believe in myself, and I am answerable to myself! I will not live according to printed mottoes like the directions on a medicine bottle! Dragonwyck is directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz who also adapts the screenplay from the Anya Seton novel of the same name. It stars Vincent Price, Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Glenn Langan, Anne Revere, Jessica Tandy and Spring Byington. Music is by Alfred Newman and cinematography by Arthur C. Miller. Connecticut farm girl Miranda Wells (Tierney) is recruited by her aristocratic patroon cousin Nicholas Van Ryan (Price) to be governess to his young daughter at his Hudson Valley mansion. Originally thinking it to be a new step up in life, Miranda finds that Nicholas and the Dragonwyck mansion have dark secrets to tell. Bluebeard and Rebecca come swirling together in this neatly constructed Gothic thriller. It has the requisite eeriness about it, the period atmosphere is strong and Price turns in a wonderfully sinister performance as the tormented Van Ryan. Narratively there's other interests besides the core story of "mad love and dark secrets", such as observations on faith and class structure issues, while the patroon land owner system forms a most historically interesting backdrop. PCA presence means that the spicy aspects of the story (drug use and poisoning) are sketched in grey, but we know what's going on and film doesn't suffer for it. It takes a while to really get going, for the drama to take a hold, and the light dustings of the supernatural hint at what a better film it could have been. Yet this is comfortably recommended to Gothic thriller fans and fans of Price and Tierney especially. 7.5/10

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-07-07

Vincent Price excels in this sinister romance that has shades of Hitchcock's "Rebecca" (1940) about it. Gene Tierney ("Miranda") is brought up in a devoutly religious family under the auspices of the zealous "Ephraim" (Walter Huston) when she is offered the chance of a lifetime by her distant cousin "Nicholas van Ryn" (Price) to go and live in his mansion "Dragonwyck" to help care for his wife. When she dies, "Miranda" returns to her family only to be surprised when she is followed by her erstwhile host with an offer of marriage. What occurs now is a wonderfully - if, maybe a bit slowly, paced thriller as we just know - but we don't - that there is much more to "van Ryn" than initially meets the eye. His high-handedness and superiority is writ large - not just with his new wife, but with virtually all he encounters and you can but hope that he is heading for a fall....The film's Gothic theme is expertly captured by Arthur Miller's photography: light, darkness and shadow play as much a part in this unfolding drama as Joseph L. Mankiewicz' direction and adapted screenplay but ultimately the film belongs to Price; his mellifluous tones and benignly evil manner deliver a film to remember.