Movie
House of the Long Shadows
Overview
An American writer goes to a remote Welsh manor on a $20,000 bet that he can write a classic novel like 'Wuthering Heights' in 24 hours. However, upon his arrival he discovers that the apparently empty manor has several rather odd inhabitants.
Details
- Release date
- 1983-06-17
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Horror, Comedy, Mystery
- Status
- Released
- Production
- London-Cannon Films, The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Vincent Price as Lionel Grisbane
- Christopher Lee as Corrigan
- Peter Cushing as Sebastian Grisbane
- Desi Arnaz Jr. as Kenneth Magee
- John Carradine as Elijah Grisbane
- Sheila Keith as Victoria Grisbane
- Julie Peasgood as Mary Norton
- Richard Todd as Sam Allyson
- Louise English as Diana Caulder
- Norman Rossington as Station Master
- Richard Hunter as Andrew Caulder
Crew
- Pete Walker - Director
- Michael Armstrong - Screenplay
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