Crimes at the Dark House (1940)

Review: Crimes at the Dark House (1940)

Director: George King

Cast: Tod Slaughter, Sylvia Marriott, Hilary Eaves, Geoffrey Wardwell, Hay Petrie,

Tod Slaughter
Tod Slaughter
Sylvia Marriott
Sylvia Marriott
Hilary Eaves
Hilary Eaves
Geoffrey Wardwell
Geoffrey Wardwell
Hay Petrie
Hay Petrie

Plot: In this lurid melodrama, Tod Slaughter plays a villain who murders the wealthy Sir Percival Glyde in the gold fields of Australia and assumes his identity in order to inherit Glyde's estate in England. On arriving in England, "Sir Percival" schemes to marry an heiress for her money, and, with the connivance of the cunning Dr. Isidor Fosco, embarks on a killing spree of all who suspect him to be an imposter and would get in the way of his plans to stay Lord of the Manor.

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<i>The Criminal Acts of Tod Slaughter</i> on Blu-ray from Indicator

The Criminal Acts of Tod Slaughter on Blu-ray from Indicator

Indicator closed 2023 with one of their finest offerings yet – a four-disk, eight film box set of blood-and-thunder melodramas produced, and mostly directed, by George King and starring the inimitable Tod Slaughter as a roster of heinous […]

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