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Uncle Silas (US: The Inheritance) is a 1947 British drama film directed by Charles Frank and starring Jean Simmons, Katina Paxinou and Derrick De Marney. It is an adaptation of J. Sheridan Le Fanu's 1864 novel Uncle Silas in which an heiress is pursued by her uncle, who craves her money following her father's death.
A film version, also titled Uncle Silas (though initially released in the United States as The Inheritance), was made by Gainsborough Studios in 1947. It was directed by Charles Frank, with Derrick De Marney as Silas and Jean Simmons as the heroine (whose given name was changed from Maud to Carolyn).
With Jean Simmons, Katina Paxinou, Derrick De Marney, Derek Bond. Following her father's death, a teenage British heiress goes to live with her guardian uncle--who is broke and schemes to murder her for her inheritance.
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- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Charles Frank
- 1948-04-23
Based on Sheridan Le Fanu's novel, this Gothic mystery follows Maud (Lucy Fleming) in her struggle against the sinister machinations of her Uncle Silas (Robert Eddison).
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- Mystery & Thriller
Charles Frank’s British melodrama about an uncle who plans to murder his niece who is living with him. Starring Jean Simmons, Derrick De Marney, Katrina Paxinou and Derek Bond. Set in Victorian England, very rich woman Caroline Ruthyn (Jean Simmons) is instructed to move in with her notorious Uncle Silas (Derrick de Marney), who was once ...
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- Two Cities Films, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
- Charles Frank
Overview. Following her father's death, a teenage heiress moves in with her guardian uncle who is broke and schemes to murder his niece for her vast inheritance. Charles Frank. Director. Sheridan Le Fanu. Novel. Ben Travers. Screenplay.
Uncle Silas is a 1947 British drama film directed by Charles Frank and starring Jean Simmons, Katina Paxinou and Derrick De Marney. It is an adaptation of J. Sheridan Le Fanu's 1864 novel Uncle Silas in which an heiress is pursued by her uncle, who craves her money following her father's death.
