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- Release Date: 1937
- Runtime: 85 min
- Genre: Drama
- Starring: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Harvey Stephens, Gale Sondergaard ... see all
- Director: Frank Lloyd
- Plot: Young lovers (Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray) fall afoul of repressive society as Salem elders get caught up in the witch hunts and trials of 17th century Massachusetts. One family... Read more
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Pre-"Crucible" examination of a witch-hunt; curious, but unsuccessful...
Mar 12, 2008
moonspinner55 - imdb.com
Mar 12, 2008moonspinner55 - imdb.com
In 1692 Salem, a devious child's lies about a slave's involvement in witchcraft sends an entire community into an uproar. Costume drama starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray isn't stuffy, though neither is it a vivid depiction of contagious hysteria.... Full review
excellent but overlooked
Mar 05, 2006
planktonrules - imdb.com
Mar 05, 2006planktonrules - imdb.com
This is not one of Claudette Colbert's more famous films, though it deserves more attention. It's an excellent retelling of the Salem Witch Trials and does a reasonably good job of explaining both how the hysteria began and the evil... Full review
Classic Witch-Hunt Flick Delivers the Goods 30's-style
Apr 06, 2000
Sleepy-17 - imdb.com
Apr 06, 2000Sleepy-17 - imdb.com
Solid 30's costume melodrama, certainly an artistic equal to director Frank Lloyd's more famous "Mutiny on the Bounty". Excellent acting from Colbert and, surprisingly, MacMurray (but then he's great in "Double Indemnity" too). Sterling Holloway is wonderful as the spurned... Full review
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Claudette Colbert is a young freethinking woman living in Salem, Massachusetts during the notorious 17th century "witch trials". Colbert falls in love with adventurer Fred MacMurray, causing no end of scandal with the Puritan townsfolk. ... Full Article