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The Dark Angel

7.5 148 mins Horror   Thriller   Drama   TV Movie   1987
Director(s): Peter Hammond

The Dark Angel is a sensual and stylish adaptation of Uncle Silas - Sheridan le Fanu’s influential Victorian literary masterpiece. Sheltered heiress Maud Ruthyn's troubles begin when her father hires a new governess. Madame De La Rougierre (played with considerable relish by Jane Lapotaire) is a cruel, brandy-swigging schemer with an unhealthy interest in Maud's inheritance and an approach to childcare that would make Mary Poppins faint. When Maud's father dies she has no choice but to live with her wicked uncle Silas, who will inherit the family fortune if Maud should happen to die. This is not a recipe for domestic bliss and soon it seems that everyone but Maud is either bad, mad, or both.

Casts of The Dark Angel

Peter O'Toole

as Uncle Silas Ruthyn

Jane Lapotaire

as Madame de la Rougierre

Beatie Edney

as Maud Ruthyn

Barbara Shelley

as Cousin Monica

Simon Shepherd

as Captain Oakley

Guy Rolfe

as Dr. Bryerly

Tim Woodward

as Dudley Ruthyn

Norma Shebbeare

as Mary Quince

Marcus Gilbert

as Lord Carysbroke

Patti Love

as Peg Hawkes

Conrad Phillips

as Dickon Hawkes

Hilary Sesta

as Lucy Wyatt

Alan MacNaughtan

as Austin Ruthyn

John Baker

as Old Giles

Charlotte Coleman

as Millie Ruthyn

John Crocker

as Rev. Clay

Leslie French

as Lawyer

Rhoda Lewis

as Mrs. Rusk

Wolfe Morris

as Mr. Gimson

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