A composer and his sister discover that the reason they are able to purchase a beautiful gothic seacoast mansion very cheaply is the house's unsavory past.A composer and his sister discover that the reason they are able to purchase a beautiful gothic seacoast mansion very cheaply is the house's unsavory past.A composer and his sister discover that the reason they are able to purchase a beautiful gothic seacoast mansion very cheaply is the house's unsavory past.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total
David Clyde
- Ben - Boat Owner
- (uncredited)
Betty Farrington
- Carmel's Ghost
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Helena Grant
- Servant
- (uncredited)
Lynda Grey
- Ghost of Mary Meredith
- (uncredited)
Holmes Herbert
- Charlie Jessup
- (uncredited)
Leyland Hodgson
- Taxi Driver
- (uncredited)
John Kieran
- Foreword Narrator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Queenie Leonard
- Mrs. Taylor
- (uncredited)
Moyna MacGill
- Mrs. Coatsworthy
- (uncredited)
Jessica Newcombe
- Miss Edith Ellis
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaWhen Stella enters a trance and speaks in Spanish during the seance, she says, "Listen, listen! It's not her! It's not her! Do not believe anything! Do not listen to her, because she's lying! You thief! Thief of my love!"
- GoofsThe film is set in 1937, but the "going-to-church" sequence features a car with headlights blacked out in the style required due to WWII in the early 1940s.
- Quotes
Pamela Fitzgerald: Well, I must dash back to Lizzie. We're fighting over how much Sherry to put in a tipsy pudding. She wants to make it dead drunk.
- ConnectionsFeatured in 100 Years of Horror: Ghosts (1996)
- SoundtracksTo Stella by Starlight
(uncredited)
Music by Victor Young
Played on piano by Ray Milland (dubbed) and heard as a main theme in the score.
Richard Hayman and his Orchestra performed the music. Richard Hayman also played the harmonica solo in the piece.
Featured review
If you're in the mood for a chilling, well-plotted, atmospheric mystery, you owe it to yourself to see this house-on-the-edge-of-a-cliff type of mystery. The intricate plot will delight mystery fans and the acting by Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Gail Russell, Donald Crisp and Cornelia Otis Skinner is excellent. Especially fascinating and chilling is the performance of Miss Skinner as Miss Holloway, the sinister owner of a clinic for disturbed women. Victor Young's background score adds immeasurably to the tense proceedings. His "Stella by Starlight" has become a classic composition for piano and orchestra. The old house itself with its huge windows overlooking the sea and its spacious interiors inhabited by an unseen presence, is the sort of dream house anyone would love to live in--except for 'The Uninvited'. Truly a high quality ghost story that also happens to be an absorbing mystery.
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $6
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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