The Curse of the Wraydons
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The Curse of the Wraydons | |
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Directed by | Victor M. Gover |
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Cinematography | S.D. Onions |
Edited by | Victor M. Gover |
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Distributed by | Ambassador Film Productions |
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Running time | 94 mins |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Curse of the Wraydons is a 1946 British thriller film directed by Victor M. Gover and starring Tod Slaughter, Bruce Seton and Henry Caine.[1] It was based on the play Spring-Heeled Jack by Maurice Sandoz. It was made at Bushey Studios.
Plot
During the Napoleonic Wars an Englishman, who is sent into exile, agrees to become a spy for France. It features Victorian legendary character Spring-heeled Jack.
Cast
- Tod Slaughter – Philip Wraydon
- Bruce Seton – Jack Wraydon, 'Spring Heeled Jack'
- Henry Caine – George Wraydon
- Pearl Cameron – Rose Wraydon
- Andrew Laurence – George Heeningham
- Alan Lawrance – Squire Sedgefield
- Lorraine Clewes – Helen Sedgefield
- Gabriel Toyne – Payne
- Ben Williams – John Rickers
- John Coyle – Dennis
- Daphne Arthur – Alice Maitland
- Barry O'Neill – George Wraydon
Distribution
The film was released in the USA by Hoffberg Productions Inc. in 1953, edited to 75 minutes and retitled Strangler's Morgue, on a double bill with Slaughter's "The Greed of William Hart", which was also retitled as Horror Maniacs. Another version starring Tod Slaughter was produced in 1950 by BBC titled Spring-Heeled Jack.[2]
References
- ^ "The Curse of the Wraydons (1946)". bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- ^ Spring-Heeled Jack, Tod Slaughter, Hugh Cross, Peter Collingwood, 16 January 1950, retrieved 9 July 2018
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Categories:
- 1946 films
- British historical horror films
- 1940s historical horror films
- 1940s horror thriller films
- 1946 horror films
- 1940s English-language films
- Films directed by Victor M. Gover
- British films based on plays
- Films set in the 1800s
- Napoleonic Wars films
- British black-and-white films
- British horror thriller films
- British historical thriller films
- 1940s British films
- 1940s British film stubs
- Pre-1960 horror film stubs
- 1940s film stubs