Dragonwyck
Secret thoughts... That led to secret love... That led to rapture and terror!
For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas, seems like a dream. However, the situation gradually becomes nightmarish. She observes Nicholas' troubled relationship with his tenant farmers, as well as with his daughter, to whom Miranda serves as governess. Her relationship with Nicholas intensifies after his wife dies, but his mental imbalance threatens any hope of happiness.
- Year: 1946
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Studio: 20th Century Fox
- Keyword: based on novel or book, poison, black and white, gothic, new york state, mental illness, farmer, connecticuit, class distinction, 19th century, land dispute, land rights, patroon
- Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Cast: Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Vincent Price, Glenn Langan, Anne Revere, Spring Byington