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El caserón de las sombras (1932)

Five persons in the house… Strangers cut off from the world by thunderstorms and landslide... Terror of the unknown draws them together.

Género : Comedia, Terror

Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 12M

Director : James Whale
Escritor : Benn W. Levy

Sinopsis

Debido a una tormenta, unos viajeros que pretenden llegar en automóvil a Shrewsbury, se ven obligados a refugiarse en un viejo caserón. Los habitantes del lugar, dos hermanos y un mayordomo mudo, les dan cobijo, pero la casa encierra algunos misterios.

Actores

Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff
Morgan
Melvyn Douglas
Melvyn Douglas
Roger Penderel
Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton
Sir William 'Bill' Porterhouse
Lilian Bond
Lilian Bond
Gladys Perkins aka Gladys DuCane
Ernest Thesiger
Ernest Thesiger
Horace Femm
Eva Moore
Eva Moore
Rebecca Femm
Raymond Massey
Raymond Massey
Philip Waverton
Gloria Stuart
Gloria Stuart
Margaret Waverton
Elspeth Dudgeon
Elspeth Dudgeon
Sir Roderick Femm (as John Dudgeon)
Brember Wills
Brember Wills
Saul Femm

Tripulaciones

James Whale
James Whale
Director
Benn W. Levy
Benn W. Levy
Screenplay
J. B. Priestley
J. B. Priestley
Novel
Carl Laemmle Jr.
Carl Laemmle Jr.
Producer
E. M. Asher
E. M. Asher
Associate Producer
Clarence Kolster
Clarence Kolster
Editor
Russell A. Gausman
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Joseph A. McDonough
Joseph A. McDonough
Assistant Director
Charles D. Hall
Charles D. Hall
Interior Designer
Roman Freulich
Roman Freulich
Still Photographer
Arthur Edeson
Arthur Edeson
Director of Photography

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