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The Spiral Staircase
Why this pick
Like The Case of the Frightened Lady, it turns an imposing old household into a web of secrets, uneasy servants, family tensions and mounting murder-mystery dread.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1940 1h 21m GBR
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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The Case of the Frightened Lady
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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
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The Suspect
Why this pick
A poised, shadowy 1940s British-set thriller whose respectable domestic world gradually exposes coercion, suspicion and lethal pressures beneath its calm surface.
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The Uninvited
Why this pick
Its remote coastal house, guarded family history and romantic investigation offer the same polished period atmosphere and steadily deepening sense that a property is concealing something terrible.
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The October Man
Why this pick
This restrained British suspense drama shares the original’s wartime-era texture and intimate mystery, letting uncertainty around a troubled protagonist build quietly rather than through action spectacle.
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The Woman in Green
Why this pick
A compact Holmes mystery with genteel London settings, sinister medical intrigue and a satisfying investigative pull—well suited to the source film’s classic British whodunit mood.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The story is a thriller (genre) that revolves around the Lebanon family who live at Mark’s Priory. Lady Lebanon (Helen Haye) tells her son, William, Lord Lebanon (Marius Goring) that he must marry his cousin Isla Crane (Penelope Dudley Ward) to continue the family line. However, William has no intention of marrying Isla and matters are made more complicated due to Isla falling in love with architect, Richard Ferraby (Patrick Barr), who has come to Mark’s Priory to draw up renovation plans. At the same time, the strange behavior of two footmen and the family physician (Felix Aylmer) add to the mystery surrounding the family and eventually rumour and speculation lead to a murderous conclusion.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Felix Aylmer
Dr. Amersham
George Merritt
Det. Inspector Tanner
Patrick Barr
Richard Ferraby
John Warwick
Studd
Marius Goring
Lord William Lebanon
Torin Thatcher
Jim Tilling, the Groundsman