Guest in the House

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Guest in the House (1944)

NR 12/08/1944 (US) Drama, Thriller 2h 1m

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PRAY YOU NEVER HAVE THIS EVIL GUEST IN THE HOUSE!

Overview

Evelyn, an emotionally vulnerable and unstable woman, stays at the home of her doctor Dan Proctor. There she meets and falls in love with his brother, Douglas, who is happily married to Ann. Evelyn then sets forth to break up the happy marriage and win the love of Douglas.

John Brahm

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Ketti Frings

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Anne Baxter

Evelyn Heath
Ralph Bellamy

Douglas Proctor
Aline MacMahon

Aunt Martha Proctor
Ruth Warrick

Ann Proctor
Scott McKay

Doctor Dan Proctor
Marie McDonald

Miriam Blake
Jerome Cowan

Ernest Hackett
Margaret Hamilton

Hilda
Percy Kilbride

John
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A review by John Chard

60%

Written by John Chard on December 2, 2018

Little Saint Cecilia!

Guest in the House is directed by John Brahm and adapted to screen by Ketti Frings from the play written by Hagar Wilde, Dale Eunson and Katherine Albert. It stars Anne Baxter, Ralph Bellamy, Aline MacMahon, Ruth Warrick and Scott McKay. Music is by Werner Janssen and cinematography by Lee Garmes.

The Proctor family take on more than they bargained for when Evelyn Heath (Baxter) comes to stay with them.

Given the quality of cast and with the strength of Brahm and Garmes on the camera side of things, this really should have been a top tier psychological thriller. S... read the rest.

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