--- title: 'The Old Dark House (1932)' type: 'film' director: 'James Whale' released: '1932-01-01' runtime_minutes: 70 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Horror' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-old-dark-house-1932' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023293/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Old Dark House (1932) 1932 · 70 min · Drama, Horror · United States ## Synopsis The Old Dark House is a 1932 American pre-Code horror film directed by James Whale. Based on the 1927 novel Benighted by J.B. Priestley, the film features an ensemble cast that includes Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Stuart, Charles Laughton, Lilian Bond, Ernest Thesiger, Raymond Massey and Eva Moore. Set in interwar Wales, the film follows five travellers who seek shelter from a violent storm in the decaying country house of the eccentric Femm family. ## Credits - **Director:** [James Whale](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-whale) - **Screenplay:** [R. C. Sherriff](https://cinepixo.com/people/r-c-sherriff) - **Producer:** [Carl Laemmle Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-laemmle-jr) - **Director of Photography:** [Arthur Edeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-edeson) - **Editor:** [Clarence Kolster](https://cinepixo.com/people/clarence-kolster) ## Cast - [Eva Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-moore) - [Ernest Thesiger](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-thesiger) - [Raymond Massey](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-massey) - [Charles Laughton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-laughton) - [Gloria Stuart](https://cinepixo.com/people/gloria-stuart) - [Lilian Bond](https://cinepixo.com/people/lilian-bond) - [Boris Karloff](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-karloff) - [Melvyn Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/melvyn-douglas) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-old-dark-house-1932 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1168873); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.