A Place of One's Own (1949)

  • NR
  • 02/07/1949 (US)
  • Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
  • 1h 32m

James Mason brings his genius to the strangest love story that ever haunted two hearts

Overview

An elderly couple move into an old, supposedly haunted abandoned house. A young girl comes to live with the pair as a companion for the wife. However, soon the girl is possessed by the spirit of another girl, a wealthy woman who had once lived in the house but who had been murdered there.

Brock Williams

Screenplay

Osbert Sitwell

Novel

Bernard Knowles

Director

Cast

Margaret Lockwood's headshot

Margaret Lockwood

Annette Allenby
James Mason's headshot

James Mason

Henry Smedhurst
Barbara Mullen's headshot

Barbara Mullen

Emilie Smedhurst
Dennis Price's headshot

Dennis Price

Dr. Robert Selbie
Helen Haye's headshot

Helen Haye

Florence Manning-Tutthorn
Michael Shepley's headshot

Michael Shepley

Alistair Manning-Tutthorn
Dulcie Gray's headshot

Dulcie Gray

Sarah
Ernest Thesiger's headshot

Ernest Thesiger

Dr. Richard Marsham

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