The Uninvited (1944 film)

The Uninvited is a 1944 American supernatural mysteryromance directed by Lewis Allen in his feature film debut. It is based on the Dorothy Macardle novel Uneasy Freehold. The film stars Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, and Donald Crisp, and introduces Gail Russell.

In 1937, London music critic and composer Roderick Rick Fitzgerald Ray Milland and his sister Pamela Ruth Hussey fall in love with Windward House, an abandoned seaside house, during a holiday on Cornwalls rocky coast. They purchase it for an unusually low price from Commander Beech Donald Crisp.Rick and Pamela meet Beechs 20yearold granddaughter, Stella Meredith Gail Russell, who lives with her grandfather in the nearby town of Biddlecombe. Stella is deeply upset by the sale because of her attachment to the house, despite its being where her mother died. The commander has forbidden Stella to enter the house. However, she gains access to Windward House through Rick, who has become infatuated with her. ........

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