The Curse of the Wraydons

1946 British film

Owen George
Maurice Sandoz (play)
W. G. Willis (play)

Produced by

Gilbert Church
J. C. Jones

Starring

Tod Slaughter
Bruce Seton
Henry Caine
Pearl Cameron

CinematographyS.D. OnionsEdited byVictor M. Gover

Production
company

Bushey Studios

Distributed byAmbassador Film Productions

Release date

19 December 1946 (1946-12-19)

Running time

94 minsCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

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.^[1] It was based on the 1928 play Spring-Heeled Jack by Maurice Sandoz, which was in turn based upon the 1849 play by W. G. Willis. It was made at Bushey Studios.

Plot

During the Napoleonic Wars an Englishman, who is sent into exile, agrees to become a spy for France. It features Victorian legendary character Spring-heeled Jack.

Cast

Tod Slaughter – Philip Wraydon
Bruce Seton – Jack Wraydon, 'Spring Heeled Jack'
Henry Caine – 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

Distribution

The film was released in the USA by Hoffberg Productions Inc. in 1953, edited to 75 minutes and retitled Strangler's Morgue, on a double bill with Slaughter's "The Greed of William Hart", which was also retitled as Horror Maniacs. Another version starring Tod Slaughter was produced in 1950 by BBC titled Spring-Heeled Jack.^[2]

References

^ "The Curse of the Wraydons (1946)". bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
^ Spring-Heeled Jack, Tod Slaughter, Hugh Cross, Peter Collingwood, 16 January 1950, retrieved 9 July 2018{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)