The Dark Angel ( Uncle Silas )

The Dark Angel (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Dark Angel
Alternate Title: Uncle Silas
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
180 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1987 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Peter Hammond

Written By:
Sheridan Le Fanu
Don MacPherson

Actors:
Jane Lapotaire ..... Madame de la Rougierre
Beatie Edney ..... Maud Ruthyn
Guy Rolfe ..... Dr. Bryerly
Barbara Shelley ..... Cousin Monica (3 episodes, 1989)
Norma Shebbeare ..... Mary Quince (3 episodes, 1989)
Peter O'Toole ..... Uncle Silas Ruthyn
Tim Woodward ..... Dudley Ruthyn
Simon Shepherd ..... Captain Oakley
John Baker ..... Old Giles
Marcus Gilbert ..... Lord Carysbroke
Patti Love ..... Peg Hawkes (2 episodes, 1989)
Conrad Phillips ..... Dickon Hawkes (2 episodes, 1989)
Hilary Sesta ..... Lucy Wyatt (2 episodes, 1989)

Synopsis:

Arguably the archetypal Gothic thriller, The Dark Angel is a sensual and stylish adaptation of Uncle Silas - Sheridan le Fanu's influential Victorian literary masterpiece. Starring Peter O'Toole in a wonderfully rich performance as the dangerous, scheming and perhaps quite mad Silas Ruthyn, this three-part drama is elegantly directed by cult favourite Peter Hammond (Sherlock Holmes, The Avengers) and also features Beatie Edney as the unfortunate Maud, Jane Lapotaire as the grotesquely sinsiter Madame de la Rougierre, Tim Woodward as the brutal Dudley and Hammer Horror doyenne Barbara Shelley in her final dramatic television role. Sparkling with corrupted elegance, its dark, brooding atmosphere makes The Dark Angel the definitive adaptation of this literary classic. When her father unexpectedly dies, young Maud Ruthyn becomes heiress to a large fortune that is held in trust for her until she comes of age. Romantically obsessed by a youthful, Byronic painting of her Uncle Silas she readily agrees to being placed in his care - ignoring warnings of his behaviour as a known rake, wastrel and opium fiend. Unfortunately for Maud things are not what they seem, and Silas's benevolent demeanour hides a web of deception and terror.

Maud Ruthyn, a lovely and sensitive girl, is sent to stay with her Uncle Silas Ruthyn, a charismatic rogue who stands to inherit the family fortune... should anything untoward happen to young Maud. With the tyrannical Madame De La Rougierre as her governess, Maud finds that the estate holds terrors beyond her imaginings.

An heiress goes to live with her uncle after her father's death only to find he is after her money. She is eventually rescued and he is executed.

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