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Classic chiller set in an 18th-century London asylum for the insane, where the wretched inmates suffer torture and abuse at the hands of the sadistic governor. When a brave actress tries to do something about the conditions, she herself ends up as an inmate.

Keywords:

Drama, Horror, Movie, Film, B-Movie, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1946) (3 Star)

Cast:

Boris Karloff	.... Master George Sims
Anna Lee	.... Nell Bowen
Billy House	.... Lord Mortimer
Richard Fraser	.... Hannay
Glen Vernon	.... The Gilded Boy
Ian Wolfe	.... Sidney Long

Supporting Cast:

Jason Robards Sr.	.... Oliver Todd
Leyland Hodgson	.... John Wilkes
Joan Newton	.... Dorothea the Dove
Elizabeth Russell	.... Mistress Sims

Directors:

Mark Robson

Writers:

William Hogarth
Val Lewton