Dark Mansions
GenreThriller
Written by
  • Anthony Lawrence
  • Nancy Lawrence
  • Robert McCullough
Directed byJerry London
Starring
Music byKen Harrison
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersDouglas S. Cramer
Aaron Spelling
ProducersJerry London
Robert McCullough
Robert H. Justman (co-producer)
Shelley Hull (associate producer)
E. Duke Vincent (supervising producer)
Benjamin A. Weissman (associate producer)
Production locationsMendocino, California
Greystone Park & Mansion - 905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills, California
CinematographyPaul Lohmann
Editors
  • Benjamin A. Weissman
  • John Woodcock
Running time100 minutes
Production companyAaron Spelling Productions
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseAugust 23, 1986 (1986-08-23)

Dark Mansions is a 1986 television film starring Joan Fontaine, Michael York, Linda Purl, Paul Shenar, Melissa Sue Anderson, Steve Inwood, Lois Chiles, Nicollette Sheridan, Raymond St. Jacques, Grant Aleksander, Yves André Martin, and Dan O'Herilhy.[1]

Produced by Aaron Spelling and Douglas S. Cramer, Dark Mansions was shot as a pilot for a potential TV series cross between Dynasty and Dark Shadows. The project was not ordered to series, and aired as a television movie. It was directed by Jerry London and written by Anthony Lawrence, Nancy Lawrence and Robert McCullough.[1]

Plot

Hired to interview and write a book about Margaret Drake, biographer Shellane Victor comes to the Drake estate, where family members notice her resemblance to their deceased relative, Yvette. The Drakes believe that Yvette, who died after falling off of a cliff, is haunting the mansion.

Cast and characters

References

  1. 1 2 Corry, John (August 22, 1986). "ABC'S Dark Mansions, A Gothic Family Saga". The New York Times. Retrieved November 28, 2017.


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