Dragonwyck

~Secret thoughts... That led to secret love... That led to rapture and terror!

Overview

A simple Connecticut farm girl is recruited by a distant relative, an aristocratic patroon, to be governess to his young daughter in his Hudson Valley mansion.

Genres

General Information

Release Date: 1946-04-10
Budget: $0
Revenue: $6000000
Runtime: 103 min

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