It's not a happy Christmas for the unhappy Morgan sisters. Their father whom they've been estranged for years from has summoned them to his bed side. It's not happy news that Walter Brennan brings them. He thinks that his second wife Julie Harris is trying to poison him.
The sisters cover quite a span of years. From Eleanor Parker the oldest to Sally Field the youngest with Jessica Walter and Jill Haworth in the middle. None of them seem to have any men in their lives for various reasons. Brennan was quite the tyrant in his younger days and no doubt scared a lot of them off.
As it goes in these Gothic horror films the bodies start dropping and the survivors start running. One of the women is indeed the guilty party. I think you'll probably figure it out as this is a made for TV film. A theatrical film might have had it come out differently.
The cast is as professional as they come. Sally Field was shedding her Gidget/Flying Nun image and on her way to a pair of Oscars. Eleanor Parker is the tower of strength and Walter and Haworth are a pair of party animals. Brennan did not look well, I suspect he was having real health issues.
Fans of Gothic horror and any and all of the cast should be pleased.
The sisters cover quite a span of years. From Eleanor Parker the oldest to Sally Field the youngest with Jessica Walter and Jill Haworth in the middle. None of them seem to have any men in their lives for various reasons. Brennan was quite the tyrant in his younger days and no doubt scared a lot of them off.
As it goes in these Gothic horror films the bodies start dropping and the survivors start running. One of the women is indeed the guilty party. I think you'll probably figure it out as this is a made for TV film. A theatrical film might have had it come out differently.
The cast is as professional as they come. Sally Field was shedding her Gidget/Flying Nun image and on her way to a pair of Oscars. Eleanor Parker is the tower of strength and Walter and Haworth are a pair of party animals. Brennan did not look well, I suspect he was having real health issues.
Fans of Gothic horror and any and all of the cast should be pleased.