Uncle Silas (film)
| Uncle Silas | |
|---|---|
 English film poster | |
| Directed by | Charles Frank |
| Produced by | Josef Somlo, Laurence Irving |
| Written by | Ben Travers, from the novel by Sheridan le Fanu |
| Starring |
Jean Simmons Derrick de Marney Katina Paxinou |
| Music by | Alan Rawsthorne, played by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Muir Mathieson |
| Cinematography | Robert Krasker |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | over $1 million[1] |
Uncle Silas (US: The Inheritance) is a 1947 British drama film directed by Charles Frank and starring Jean Simmons, Katina Paxinou and Derrick De Marney.[2] It is an adaptation of the novel Uncle Silas in which an heiress is pursued by her uncle, who craves her money following her father's death.
Plot
Caroline Ruthyn is the teenage niece of her elderly uncle Silas, a sickly and at one time unbalanced man who becomes her guardian on the death of her father. The fact that Silas is broke and greedy and young Caroline is the heir to her father's vast fortune is reason enough for Caroline to be wary, but her fears increase when she meets Silas's perverted son and when she discovers that her fearsome former governess, Madame de la Rougierre, is working with her uncle...
Cast
- Jean Simmons - Caroline Ruthyn
- Katina Paxinou - Madame de la Rougierre
- Derrick De Marney - Uncle Silas
- Derek Bond - Lord Richard Ilbury
- Sophie Stewart - Lady Monica Waring
- Esmond Knight - Doctor Bryerly
- Reginald Tate - Austin Ruthyn
- Manning Whiley - Dudley Ruthyn
- Marjorie Rhodes - Mrs Rusk
- John Laurie - Giles
- Frederick Burtwell - Branston
- George Curzon - Sleigh
- O. B. Clarence - Victor Clay
- Frederick Ranalow - Rigg
- Patricia Glyn - Mary Quince
- Robin Netscher - Tom Hawkes