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Bookmark this pageThe Man With a Cloak (1951)
Director: Fletcher Markle
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From Time Out Film Guide
Intriguing period melodrama/Gothic thriller set in 1840s New York, with Caron as a young Frenchwoman arriving from Paris to beg a financial favour of her curmudgeonly grandfather (Calhern), and discovering that his housekeeper and butler (Stanwyck and DeSantis) are planning to kill the old man for his money. But dashing stranger Cotten steps in to help. Peppered with literary allusions (Poe in particular), shot on elegant MGM sets, highly atmospheric, and endowed with fine performances from a strong cast, it's well worth a watch.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Fletcher Markle
Producer: Stephen Ames
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Joseph Cotten, Louis Calhern, Leslie Caron, Jim Backus, Margaret Wycherly, Joe DeSantis full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 81 mins
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