The Uninvited is a ghost story where the ghost is real for a change. However the actual story is basically a mystery which borrows a lot from Rebecca. Ray Milland is the star. Milland was always a reliable if kind of boring leading man in 1940's films. He happened to luck into getting the main lead in Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett's The Lost Weekend, which won him an Academy Award and gained lots of cred for him in the industry. It's not surprising that the producer of The Uninvited Charles Brackett cast Milland in this film.
This is an interesting film, well made and written if a little stiff in the storytelling. I would say this is a typical 1940's Hollywood film, trying to be a little different but not too different.
99 minutes.
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