The Curse of the Wraydons
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The Curse of the Wraydons is a 1946 British thriller film directed by Victor M. Gover
and starring Tod Slaughter
, Bruce Seton
and Henry Caine
. It was based on the play Spring-Heeled Jack by Maurice Sandoz. It was made at Bushey Studios.
an Englishman who is sent into exile agrees to become a spy for France.
Victor M. Gover
-Selected filmography:* The Curse of the Wraydons * King of the Underworld * Murder at Scotland Yard...
and starring Tod Slaughter
Tod Slaughter
Tod Slaughter was an English actor, best known for playing over-the-top maniacs in macabre film adaptations of Victorian melodramas.-Ealy life:...
, Bruce Seton
Bruce Seton
Major Sir Bruce Lovat Seton of Abercorn, 11th Baronet , better known as Bruce Seton, was a British actor and soldier....
and Henry Caine
Henry Caine
-Selected filmography:* The Temporary Widow * Dreyfus * The Shadow Between * The Ghost Train * Number Seventeen * Red Ensign * The Price of a Song * Three Maxims...
. It was based on the play Spring-Heeled Jack by Maurice Sandoz. It was made at Bushey Studios.
Plot
During the Napoleonic WarsNapoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
an Englishman who is sent into exile agrees to become a spy for France.
Cast
- Tod SlaughterTod SlaughterTod Slaughter was an English actor, best known for playing over-the-top maniacs in macabre film adaptations of Victorian melodramas.-Ealy life:...
- Philip Wraydon - Bruce SetonBruce SetonMajor Sir Bruce Lovat Seton of Abercorn, 11th Baronet , better known as Bruce Seton, was a British actor and soldier....
- Jack Wraydon, 'Spring Heeled Jack' - Henry CaineHenry Caine-Selected filmography:* The Temporary Widow * Dreyfus * The Shadow Between * The Ghost Train * Number Seventeen * Red Ensign * The Price of a Song * Three Maxims...
- George Wraydon - Pearl Cameron - Rose Wraydon
- Andrew Laurence - George Heeningham
- Alan Lawrance - Squire Sedgefield
- Lorraine Clewes - Helen Sedgefield
- Gabriel Toyne - Payne
- Ben Williams - John Rickers
- John Coyle - Dennis
- Daphne Arthur - Alice Maitland
- Barry O'Neill - George Wraydon