Director: Robert Siodmak

Writer: Mel Dinelli

From novel: Some Must Watch by Ethel Lina White

Music by: Roy Webb

Producer: Dore Schary

Keywords: Thriller

In turn-of-the-century New England, a serial killer targets young women with disabilities (or "afflictions", using the language of the time), culling those he considers imperfect. Dorothy McGurie turns in an exceptional performance as a mute women in the employ of bedridden Ethel Barrymore. Stylish gothic thriller; Ethel Barrymore received Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Sara Allgood	Actor	31-Oct-1879	13-Sep-1950	How Green Was My Valley
Ethel Barrymore	Actor	15-Aug-1879	18-Jun-1959	None But the Lonely Heart
George Brent	Actor	15-Mar-1899	26-May-1979	The Great Lie
Rhonda Fleming	Actor	10-Aug-1923		Spellbound
Elsa Lanchester	Actor	28-Oct-1902	26-Dec-1986	Bride of Frankenstein
Dorothy McGuire	Actor	14-Jun-1916	13-Sep-2001	A Summer Place
Gordon Oliver	Actor	27-Apr-1910	26-Jan-1995	The Spiral Staircase
Kent Smith	Actor	19-Mar-1907	23-Apr-1985	Cat People
Rhys Williams	Actor	31-Dec-1897	28-May-1969	The Bells of St. Mary's

CAST

Dorothy McGuire	...   Helen (Mrs. Warren's caretaker)
George Brent	...   Prof. Warren
Ethel Barrymore	...   Mrs. Warren (wealthy invalid)
with
Kent Smith	...   Dr. Parry (Mrs. Warren's son)
Rhonda Fleming	...   Blanche
Gordon Oliver	...   Steve Warren
Elsa Lanchester	...   Mrs. Oates
Sara Allgood	...   Nurse Barker
Rhys Williams	...   Mr. Oates
James Bell	...   Constable

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