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Guest in the House is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Cromwell released in USA on 8 december 1944 with Anne Baxter

Guest in the House (1944)

Guest in the House
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Released in USA 8 december 1944
Length 2h1
Directed by ,    ,    ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Noir
Rating61% 3.0921753.0921753.0921753.0921753.092175

Guest in the House (re-release title Satan in Skirts) is a 1944 American film noir directed by John Brahm starring Anne Baxter and Ralph Bellamy.

Lewis Milestone began directing the film in April 1944, but was stricken with appendicitis in May 1944 and collapsed on the set. John Brahm then stepped in to direct.

Synopsis

Martha Proctor believes something evil has come to her home. Her nephew Dr. Dan Proctor arrives with his betrothed, Evelyn Heath, who is a frail invalid. Evelyn is introduced to Aunt Martha as well as Dan's older brother, Douglas, an illustrator, along with Douglas's wife Ann and his model, Miriam.

Actors

Anne Baxter

(Evelyn Heath)Ralph Bellamy

(Douglas Proctor)Aline MacMahon

(Aunt Martha Proctor)Ruth Warrick

(Ann Proctor)Marie McDonald

(Miriam Blake)
And :
Jerome Cowan
Margaret Hamilton
Percy Kilbride
Hobart Cavanaugh
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