The Dark Angel
The Dark Angel
Release: 1987-02-01
·Runtime: 176m
·★ 7.5
Horror
Thriller
Drama
TV Movie
The Dark Angel is a sensual and stylish adaptation of Uncle Silas - Sheridan le Fanu’s influential Victorian literary masterpiece. Sheltered heiress Maud Ruthyn's troubles begin when her father hires a new governess. Madame De La Rougierre (played with considerable relish by Jane Lapotaire) is a cruel, brandy-swigging schemer with an unhealthy interest in Maud's inheritance and an approach to childcare that would make Mary Poppins faint. When Maud's father dies she has no choice but to live with her wicked uncle Silas, who will inherit the family fortune if Maud should happen to die. This is not a recipe for domestic bliss and soon it seems that everyone but Maud is either bad, mad, or both.
Cast
Simon Shepherd
as Captain Oakley
Barbara Shelley
as Cousin Monica
Marcus Gilbert
as Lord Carysbroke
Conrad Phillips
as Dickon Hawkes
Alan MacNaughtan
as Austin Ruthyn
Rhoda Lewis
as Mrs. Rusk
Peter O'Toole
as Uncle Silas Ruthyn
Tim Woodward
as Dudley Ruthyn
Patti Love
as Peg Hawkes
Charlotte Coleman
as Millie Ruthyn
Leslie French
as Lawyer
Beatie Edney
as Maud Ruthyn
Guy Rolfe
as Dr. Bryerly
Jane Lapotaire
as Madame de la Rougierre
