Movie: The Old Dark House

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Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff

Morgan

Melvyn Douglas
Melvyn Douglas

Penderel

Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton

Sir William Porterhouse

Lilian Bond
Lilian Bond

Gladys

Ernest Thesiger
Ernest Thesiger

Horace Femm

Eva Moore
Eva Moore

Rebecca Femm

Raymond Massey
Raymond Massey

Philip Waverton

Gloria Stuart
Gloria Stuart

Margaret Waverton

Elspeth Dudgeon
Elspeth Dudgeon

Sir Roderick Femm

Brember Wills
Brember Wills

Saul Femm

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