title: The Curse of the Wraydons
text: # The Curse of the Wraydons
  
  The Curse of the Wraydons is a 1946 British thriller film directed by Victor M. Gover and starring Tod Slaughter, Bruce Seton and Henry Caine. It was based on the 1928 play Spring-Heeled Jack by Maurice Sandoz, which was in turn based upon the 1849 play by W. G. Willis. It was made at Bushey Studios.
  
  ## Plot
  
  During the Napoleonic Wars an Englishman, who is sent into exile, agrees to become a spy for France. It features Victorian legendary character Spring-heeled Jack.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Tod Slaughter – Philip Wraydon
  * Bruce Seton – Jack Wraydon, 'Spring Heeled Jack'
  * Henry Caine – George Wraydon
  * Pearl Cameron – Rose Wraydon
  * Andrew Laurence – George Heeningham
  * Alan Lawrance – Squire Sedgefield
  * Lorraine Clewes – Helen Sedgefield
  * Gabriel Toyne – Payne
  * Ben Williams – John Rickers
  * John Coyle – Dennis
  * Daphne Arthur – Alice Maitland
  * Barry O'Neill – George Wraydon
  
  ## Distribution
  
  The film was released in the USA by Hoffberg Productions Inc. in 1953, edited to 75 minutes and retitled Strangler's Morgue, on a double bill with Slaughter's "The Greed of William Hart", which was also retitled as Horror Maniacs. Another version starring Tod Slaughter was produced in 1950 by BBC titled Spring-Heeled Jack.
  
  