Red House

Delmer Daves directs the noirish thriller The Red House, based on the novel by George Agnew Chamberlain. Edward G. Robinson plays Pete Morgan, a farmer who harbors dark secrets and refuses to let anyone near the red house in the woods behind the house. In order to fend off trespassers, he hires Teller (Rory Calhoun) to stand guard. He lives with his sister, Ellen (Judith Anderson), and his adopted daughter Meg (Allene Roberts). When they hire Meg's friend Nath Storm (Lon McCallister) to help out on the farm, the two kids start to wonder about the mysterious red house. Features an eerie original score by Miklós Rózsa.