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The Old Dark House

Seeking shelter from a storm, five travelers are in for a bizarre and terrifying night when they stumble upon the Femm family estate.

Director

James Whale

Year

Genre

adventure, comedy, drama

Box Office

$25,678

Production

Universal Pictures

Awards

1 nomination

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Morgan

Penderel

Sir William Porterhouse

Charles Laughton

Gladys

Horace Femm

Ernest Thesiger

Rebecca Femm

Philip Waverton

Margaret Waverton

Sir Roderick Femm

Elspeth Dudgeon

Saul Femm

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Horace Femm Rebecca Femm Morgan Roger Penderel Sir William Porterhouse Gladys Margaret Waverton Penderel Philip Waverton

(plane engine rumbling) - The Old Dark House

(plane engine rumbling)

What are you stopping for - The Old Dark House

What are you stopping for

Well it won't help things losing your temper - The Old Dark House

Well it won't help things losing your temper

Don't stop - The Old Dark House

Well now for heaven sakes stop - The Old Dark House

Well now for heaven sakes stop

Even Welsh ought not sound like that - The Old Dark House

Even Welsh ought not sound like that

Even Welsh ought not sound like that. - The Old Dark House

Even Welsh ought not sound like that.

My name is Femm, Horace Femm. - The Old Dark House

My name is Femm, Horace Femm.

My sister was on the point of arranging these flowers - The Old Dark House

My sister was on the point of arranging these flowers

What is it - The Old Dark House

No beds they can't have beds - The Old Dark House

No beds they can't have beds

[Penderel] What a storm. - The Old Dark House

[Penderel] What a storm.

It's only gin you know only gin - The Old Dark House

It's only gin you know only gin

But the fact is Morgan is an uncivilized brute - The Old Dark House

But the fact is Morgan is an uncivilized brute

Well I know what I'm going to do - The Old Dark House

Well I know what I'm going to do

It's a dreadful night - The Old Dark House

It's a dreadful night

They were all godless here - The Old Dark House

They were all godless here

That's fine stuff but it'll rot - The Old Dark House

That's fine stuff but it'll rot

(thunder cracking) - The Old Dark House

(thunder cracking)

(Margaret screams) - The Old Dark House

(Margaret screams)

Good for you Mrs. Waverton, - The Old Dark House

Good for you Mrs. Waverton,

Horace what are you doing - The Old Dark House

Horace what are you doing

Have a potato - The Old Dark House

Well, this is a storm and a half. - The Old Dark House

Well, this is a storm and a half.

It's simply coming down
in bucket fulls outside. - The Old Dark House

It's simply coming down in bucket fulls outside.

(wind whistling) - The Old Dark House

(wind whistling)

We make our own electric lights here - The Old Dark House

We make our own electric lights here

There's someone outside - The Old Dark House

There's someone outside

Glad to know you - The Old Dark House

Glad to know you

There's nothing like roast beef when a man's hungry - The Old Dark House

There's nothing like roast beef when a man's...

(wind whistling) - The Old Dark House

(wind whistling)

(door slamming) - The Old Dark House

(door slamming)

(glass shattering)
(Morgan mumbles) - The Old Dark House

(glass shattering) (Morgan mumbles)

I know wind when I see it - The Old Dark House

I know wind when I see it

We better go up, hadn't we? - The Old Dark House

We better go up, hadn't we?

This is my room. - The Old Dark House

This is my room.

(footsteps clomping) - The Old Dark House

(footsteps clomping)

(plates clattering) - The Old Dark House

(plates clattering)

(Margaret shouts) - The Old Dark House

(Margaret shouts)

(chairs clattering) - The Old Dark House

(chairs clattering)

It's Morgan, he's there at
the bottom of the stairs. - The Old Dark House

It's Morgan, he's there at the bottom of the stair...

Oh Philip. - The Old Dark House

He doesn't expect anything - The Old Dark House

He doesn't expect anything

(Bill snoring) - The Old Dark House

(wind whistling) - The Old Dark House

(wind whistling)

So you got your feet wet - The Old Dark House

So you got your feet wet

[Philip] Sure you feel better? - The Old Dark House

[Philip] Sure you feel better?

This is the door. - The Old Dark House

This is the door.

Who are you? - The Old Dark House

Can you take it yourself
or shall I give it to you? - The Old Dark House

Can you take it yourself or shall I give it to you?

Philip, what if he's come to. - The Old Dark House

Philip, what if he's come to.

(door clattering) - The Old Dark House

(door clattering)

(women screaming) - The Old Dark House

(women screaming)

(glass shattering) - The Old Dark House

(glass shattering)

(evil laughing) - The Old Dark House

(evil laughing)

(plate crashing) - The Old Dark House

(plate crashing)

[Penderel] There's going
to be trouble. - The Old Dark House

[Penderel] There's going to be trouble.

(evil laughing) - The Old Dark House

(evil laughing)

(evil laughing) - The Old Dark House

(evil laughing)

[Saul] Who's in that cupboard? - The Old Dark House

[Saul] Who's in that cupboard?

(Saul shouting) - The Old Dark House

(Saul shouting)

(Philip pounding) - The Old Dark House

(Philip pounding)

(men shouting) - The Old Dark House

(wind whistling) - The Old Dark House

(wind whistling)

(water dripping) - The Old Dark House

(water dripping)

So I'm really dead and gone to heaven - The Old Dark House

So I'm really dead and gone to heaven

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Seeking shelter from a storm, five travelers are in for a bizarre and terrifying night when they stumble upon the Femm family estate.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: James Whale

Writer: J.B. Priestley, Benn W. Levy, R.C. Sherriff

Production: Universal Pictures

Genre: adventure, comedy, drama

Year: 1932

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.0

BoxOffice: $25,678

Released: 20 Oct 1932

Awards: 1 nomination

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