The Unknown (1946)
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Directors
Henry Levin
Cast
Karen Morley
The story
In a grand Kentucky mansion, Captain Selby Martin and his wife Phoebe discover their daughter Rachel has been secretly married to Richard Arnold, although they want Rachel to be engaged to James Wetherford. Selby and Richard fight, and Selby is accidentally killed. Phoebe arranges for her husband to be buried in a crypt by their sons Ralph and Edward, and refuses to allow Rachel to marry Richard.
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mystery film
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