Thriller
Directed by Michael McCarthy
1952
1 h 9 min
A greedy woman tries to poison her nephew's bride in a dark mansion.
Donald Houston
Dr. Robert Armour
Natasha Parry
Anne Armour
Patricia Owens
Willow, Opal's Companion (as Pat Owens)
Esma Cannon
Aunt Judith Armour
Nora Nicholson
Aunt Opal Armour
Susan Richmond
Aunt Hester Armour
Dick Smith
Sound Supervisor
Michael McCarthy
Director
Betty Harley
Script Supervisor
Vivian Milroy
Screenplay
Dorothy Eden
Novel
Sidney Rider
Sound Recordist
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Natasha Parry plays a newlywed who moves into her husband's country home at Crow Hollow that is already occupied by his three somewhat eccentric aunts. Gradually, not least after an experience with one of their venomous spiders, she realises that the old dears want shot of her and can be pretty creative in their attempts at murder. Donald Houston is OK as the rather pathetic husband but the film really belongs to "Aunt Judith" portrayed by Esma Cannon - combining dottiness and menace quite engagingly. It takes quite a long time to get to the climax but just about worth it.