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La famiglia Pyncheon è sull'orlo della bancarotta e sta per perdere la casa. Alla morte del padre, uno dei figli, Jeff, decide di accusare il fratello Clifford di aver fatto condannare un innocente anni prima, sperando di ottenere in cambio dallo Stato la casa. Ma il testamento decide che la casa andrà alla cuginetta che è innamorata di Clifford e, ricevuta la proprietà, scaccia Jeff. Quando Clifford esce di prigione, la lotta tra i due fratelli ricomincia...
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The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
89 min
In 1828, the bankrupt Pyncheon family fight over Seven Gables, the ancestral mansion. To obtain the house, Jaffrey Pyncheon obtains his brother Clifford's false conviction for murder. Hepzibah, Clifford's sweet fiancée, patiently waits twenty years for his release, whereupon Clifford and his former cellmate, abolitionist Matthew, have a certain scheme in mind.