Still image from the 1947 film The Red House.

The Red House

Directed by Delmer Daves

An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods.

1947 1h 40m Drama TV-PG

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CAST
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Delmer Daves, Director
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Delmer Daves
Director

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Edward G. Robinson, Pete Morgan
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Edward G. Robinso..
Pete Morgan

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Lon Mccallister, Nath Storm
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Lon Mccallister
Nath Storm

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Judith Anderson, Ellen Morgan
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Judith Anderson
Ellen Morgan

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Rory Calhoun, Teller
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Rory Calhoun
Teller

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Allene Roberts, Meg [Morgan]
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Allene Roberts
Meg [Morgan]

FULL SYNOPSIS

Teenager Meg Morgan lives with her adoptive father Pete and his sister Ellen on an isolated farm surrounded by Ox Head woods, which for all her life she has been forbidden to enter. When Meg brings home schoolmate Nath Storm to help Pete, who has a wooden leg, on their farm, Pete warns Nath not to enter the woods. Nath defies him, and while walking home, he is knocked out by a man in the dark. Suspicious of Pete's preoccupation with Ox Head, Nath and Meg explore the woods with Nath's girl firend, Tibby Rinton. Pete reacts with rage and threatens to whip Meg if she ever enters the woods again. As Pete becomes increasingly jealous of Meg's affection for Nath, Meg begins to fear Pete, and Nath takes a job at the Rinton farm. Pete, meanwhile, tells Teller, a local drifter, to use no restraint in keeping people out of the woods. Tibby, meanwhile, leaves Nath for Teller. One day Teller catches Meg exploring the woods and shoots at her, and in a panic, she falls and breaks her leg. Nath rescues her, and later is ordered off the property by Pete. Pete then enters Meg's room and calls her "Jeanie." When Meg confesses this to Ellen, she confronts Pete about his strange behavior, warning him not to become possessive of Meg, as he did with Meg's mother, Jeanie. Ellen, who for years has been in love with the town doctor, Byrne, sacrificed a life of happiness to take care of Pete after he nearly went insane following an incident at the red house in Ox Head woods fifteen year...


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ARTICLES
A man hides a dangerous secret from his adopted daughter.

NOTES

The film's working title was No Trespassing. This film was the first production for Edward G. Robinson and Sol Lesser's company, Thalia Productions. Portions of this film were shot at Sonora, CA, according to Hollywood Reporter. As reported in Hollywood Reporter, Capitol Records made a deal with Miklos Rozsa to record the film's score, which was to be entitled "Suite in Four Movements." According to Motion Picture Herald, $800 from the film's profits was donated to the Greek War Relief Association.

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