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Other titles: Der Würger | O Estrangulador | Dødens Herresæde | El caso de la señorita asustada | Den farliga skuggan | The Frightened Lady | The Scarf Murder Mystery | Der Schrecken von Marks Priory
Year Released: 1940
Month released: June
Directors: George King
Cast: Dorothy Dewhurst, Elizabeth Scott, Felix Aylmer, George Hayes, George Merritt, Gordon Begg, Helen Haye, Jack Mandeville, John Warwick, Marius Goring, Mavis Clair, Patrick Barr, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Robert Brooks Turner, Roddy Hughes, Ronald Shiner, Roy Emerton, Torin Thatcher, Vincent Holman
Producers: S.W. Smith
Production Companies: George King Productions
Cinematographers: Hone Glendinning
Colorization: Black and White
Country: United Kingdom
Distributors: Arthur Ziehm, British Lion Film Corporation, Europa Film, J.H. Hoffberg Company, Odeon Entertainment, Sinister Cinema
Editors: Leslie Norman
Languages: English
Production Managers: Herbert Smith
Sound Department: Cecil Thornton
Accidentally left a 3 star instead of a 4 and can’t seem to change it. Regardless, an entertaining film that reminds us that, a) British imperialists are barbarous monsters, b) British nobility and it’s obsession with blood purity is weird, and c) rich people are insane. On a more serious note, genuinely terrific acting and narrative, perfectly setting up the gradual reveal of the villain.