Written by Henry Farrell Music by Laurence Rosenthal | Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey Country of origin United States | |
Based on Ammie Come Home by Barbara Michaels Starring Barbara Stanwyck
Richard Egan
Michael Anderson, Jr.
Kitty Winn | ||
The House That Would Not Die is a 1970 American made-for-television horror film starring Barbara Stanwyck (in her television film debut), Richard Egan, Michael Anderson, Jr. and Kitty Winn. It premiered as the ABC Movie of the Week on October 27, 1970.
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Henry Farrell, author of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, wrote the teleplay based on the 1968 novel Ammie Come Home by Barbara Michaels, one of several pseudonyms used by author Barbara Mertz.
Plot
Ruth Bennett (Barbara Stanwyck) has inherited an old house in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania where she moves in with her niece Sara (Kitty Winn). The house was built during the Revolutionary era and is said to be haunted by the spirits of its original inhabitants who are disinclined towards hospitality. With the help of Pat McDougal (Richard Egan), a local professor and one of his students, Stan Whitman (Michael Anderson Jr.), they delve into the history of the house and find a scandal that involves a revolutionary war general and his daughter whose spirits take possession of Sara and Pat's bodies.
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Filming location
The House That Would Not Die was filmed at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California.