Acting
Donald Wolfit chews scenery like it's his last meal.
Costume
Hildegard Knef's gowns scream 'I'm being haunted, fabulously.'
Director
Noel Langley
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This adaptation softened George du Maurier's original novel, which was explicit about Jewish caricature—1950s Hollywood traded antisemitism for vague 'foreign' menace.
Hildegard Knef was already a massive German star; this was her failed Hollywood crossover. She later said the only thing she learned was 'how to faint convincingly.'
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