In 1828, the bankrupt Pyncheon family fight over Seven Gables, the ancestral mansion. To obtain the house, Jaffrey Pyncheon obtains his brother Clifford's false conviction for murder. Hepzibah, Clifford's sweet fiancée, patiently waits twenty years for his release, whereupon Clifford and his former cellmate, abolitionist Matthew, have a certain scheme in mind.

• DirectorJoe May
• Release12 April 1940
• Genre
  Thriller / Drama
• Duration1h 29m
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• Rate
  

  6.9
  30 reviews
• Productions

  Universal Pictures