The Manor

Feb 11, 1999

1h 55m

★ 5.8

Overview

The Manor, a dark funny version of Akira Kurosawa's " Rashomon". During a snowstorm, Patrick Roarke, a manservant, is found dead at the bottom of the main staircase in a gothic English mansion. Inspector Hatcher is sent to investigate the death. When he arrives, he finds a household consisting of five women. When questioned by the inspector, each of the women tells a different story, all of which are illustrated by flashback scenes showing the events as related by that particular person. Everybody seems to protect somebody and the inspector becomes increasingly intoxicated as he tries to untangle the web of lies in his endeavour to find out the truth.

Genres

Crime

Comedy

Production Companies

M.D.M. Production

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Cast

Mrs. Ravenscroft

Greta Scacchi

Charlotte Kleiner

Gabrielle Anwar

Gillian Ravenscroft

Laura Harris

Tomas Hatcher

Martin Dejdar

Mrs. French

Edie McClurg

Dolly

Fay Masterson

Mr. Ravenscroft

Peter O'Toole

Sir Everett Blake

Nicholas Ball

Patrick Roarke

Mark Huntley

Miss Spencer

Jessica Marshall-Gardiner

Mr. Forrester

Michael Halstead

Doctor McBride

Robert Russell

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