The read
It runs a compact 1h 8m.
Synopsis
A doctor in 1890 England, in order to cure his wife's "sick mind," injects her with snake venom. She later gives birth to a daughter whom the villagers call "The Devil's Baby" and in a fit of fear they end up burning the family's house down. Years later a Scotland Yard detective is sent to the village to investigate a rash of deaths that are caused by snakebite.
Ratings
IMDb4.9/10
18 audience votes
Key crew
- Sidney J. FurieDirector
- Orville H. HamptonWriter
- Buxton OrrOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- John McCarthyCharles Prentice
- Susan TraversAtheris
- Geoffrey DentonCol. Clyde Wynborn
- Elsie WagstaffAggie Harker
- Arnold MarléDr. Murton
- John CazabonDr. Horace Adderson
- Frances BennettPolly, the Barmaid
- Jack CunninghamConstable Alfie
- Hugh MoxeyInspector
- Michael LoganBarkis
- Dorothy FrereMartha Adderson
- Stevenson LangShepherd