For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas, seems like a dream. However, the situation gradually becomes nightmarish. She observes Nicholas' troubled relationship with his tenant farmers, as well as with his daughter, to whom Miranda serves as governess. Her relationship with Nicholas intensifies after his wife dies, but his mental imbalance threatens any hope of happiness.

• DirectorJoseph L. Mankiewicz
• Release19 April 1946
• Genre
  Drama / Romance
• Duration1h 43m
• Budget?
• Revenue$3,000,000
• Rate
  

  6.7
  110 reviews
• Productions

  20th Century Fox