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 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.

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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.

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References

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1946 films

British historical horror films

1940s historical horror films

1940s horror thriller films

1946 horror films

1940s English-language films

Films directed by Victor M. Gover

British films based on plays

Films set in the 1800s

Napoleonic Wars films

British black-and-white films

British horror thriller films

British historical thriller films

1940s British films

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