Overview
A simple Connecticut farm girl is recruited by a distant relative, an aristocratic patroon, to be governess to his young daughter in his Hudson Valley mansion.
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DirectorJoseph L. Mankiewicz
WriterJoseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast
Gene Tierney
Miranda Wells
Walter Huston
Ephraim Wells
Vincent Price
Nicholas Van Ryn
Glenn Langan
Dr. Jeff Turner
Anne Revere
Abigail Wells
Spring Byington
Magda
Connie Marshall
Katrine Van Ryn
Harry Morgan
Klaas Bleecker
Vivienne Osborne
Johanna Van Ryn
Jessica Tandy
Peggy O'Malley
Trudy Marshall
Elizabeth Van Borden
Gertrude Astor
Nurse (uncredited)
Robert Baldwin
Farmer (uncredited)
Ruth Cherrington
Dowager (uncredited)
Scott Elliott
Tommy Wells (uncredited)
Pierce Lyden
Murdered Man (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Servant (uncredited)
Charles Waldron
Farmer (uncredited)
Arthur Aylesworth
Farmer (uncredited)
Shelby Bacon
Dancer (uncredited)
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Keywords
based on novel or bookpoisonblack and whitegothicnew york statemental illnessfarmerconnecticuitclass distinctionparanoid19th centuryland disputeland rightspatroon
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Revenue
$6M
TMDb Votes
117
Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 4, 2026