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The Curse of the Wraydons

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The Curse of the Wraydons
Directed byVictor M. Gover
Written by
  • Owen George
  • Maurice Sandoz (play)
  • W. G. Willis (play)
Produced by
  • Gilbert Church
  • J. C. Jones
Starring
CinematographyS.D. Onions
Edited byVictor M. Gover
Music byDe Wolfe Music
Production
company
Distributed byAmbassador Film Productions
Release date
  • 19 December 1946 (1946-12-19)
Running time
94 mins
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Curse of the Wraydons is a 1946 British thriller film directed by Victor M. Gover and starring Tod Slaughter, Bruce Seton and Henry Caine.[1] It was based on the 1928 play Spring-Heeled Jack by Maurice Sandoz, which was in turn based upon the 1849 play by W. G. Willis. It was made at Bushey Studios.

Plot

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During the Napoleonic Wars an Englishman, who is sent into exile, agrees to become a spy for France. It features Victorian legendary character Spring-heeled Jack.

Cast

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  • Tod Slaughter – Philip Wraydon
  • Bruce Seton – Jack Wraydon, 'Spring Heeled Jack'
  • Henry Caine – George Wraydon
  • Pearl Cameron – Rose Wraydon
  • Andrew Laurence – George Heeningham
  • Alan Lawrance – Squire Sedgefield
  • Lorraine Clewes – Helen Sedgefield
  • Gabriel Toyne – Payne
  • Ben Williams – John Rickers
  • John Coyle – Dennis
  • Daphne Arthur – Alice Maitland
  • Barry O'Neill – George Wraydon

Distribution

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The film was released in the USA by Hoffberg Productions Inc. in 1953, edited to 75 minutes and retitled Strangler's Morgue, on a double bill with Slaughter's "The Greed of William Hart", which was also retitled as Horror Maniacs. Another version starring Tod Slaughter was produced in 1950 by BBC titled Spring-Heeled Jack.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "The Curse of the Wraydons (1946)". bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  2. ^ Spring-Heeled Jack, Tod Slaughter, Hugh Cross, Peter Collingwood, 16 January 1950, retrieved 9 July 2018{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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