Why did he even marry her? That's the question that soon comes to mind as you watch "Crow Hollow". After all, after a whirlwind courtship, Dr. Armour marries Ann and then barely shows her any attention at all and completely dismisses her concerns--and she has plenty! It's obvious this is no match made in heaven. So why did the Doctor marry her and exactly what is going on in this weird mansion filled with his strange aunts and that lousy maid? And, could someone really be attempting to kill her?This is a pretty good mystery/suspense picture. Not a must-see by any stretch but exciting and with a nice ending. Worth seeing with nice performances all around and a well written story. And, one more reason why you should NEVER marry someone after knowing them only one week!!By the way, at one point in the film Ann has a tarantula dropped on her. They then say she could have died and that the bug was poisonous. Well, tarantulas are mildly poisonous (like a bee sting) and you will not die from its bite. This is just bad writing and I've heard this repeated several times in films (such as "Dr. No").

I am 70 years of age and my family had our first t.v. (a "Murphy" 12" one channel BBC only) in 1954.I can still remember seeing Nora Nicholson playing her specialised role of a dotty old woman from those days in similar mystery plays.Esma Cannon another eccentric actress was an Australian who I first recognised playing a comic seamstress, "Lill" in the sit-com "The Rag Trade" in the early sixties.The other reviewers have adequately commented on "Crow Hollow" (1952) and I see no reason to dispute their comments nor the official IMDb.com. rating which I would describe as adequate.The screen play writer & director very properly held back the solution of the mystery of who murdered the character maid "Willow" until the last reel; and why our dark brunette, newly married heroine's life had been previously threatened.Yes I too thought it reasonably well acted and I stayed the course to award it an rating of 6/10.

Anne (beautiful Natasha Parry) is on top of the world, she is about to marry Robert Amour (stolid Donald Houston) the man of her dreams - but after only a week's acquaintance, how would she know?? When she meets his dying neighbour at the hospital for all the elderly woman's agitation, the message is clear - keep away from Crow Hollow!! Yes, it is one of those "gloomy old house" mysteries with Parry as a young bride trying to find her way out of a treacherous domestic situation - but if you haven't seen it before, the ending is quite a surprise! Donald Houston seems to sleep walk through his part, it is left up to Parry to carry all the emotions of the film and she does a great job. She goes to Crow Hollow, Robert is definite about that as he'd promised his grandfather that the house would be his, on condition that he makes a home for his three aunts. And what aunts they are - there's Judith (daffy Esma Cannon from "The Rag Trade") with her strange love of spiders, Hester - no nonsense and a strict believer in diet and fussy, house proud Opal. Then there is sulky, uppity Willow (Pat Owens), the maid, only she is more than a maid, she is treated like a petted daughter and her insolence irks Anne ("are you sure this is the latest London fashion, seems a bit dowdy to me"). There is the spider incident where Judith's deadly spider somehow finds itself on Anne's shoulder, then the poison affair where a pot of bracing broth that she is given after being caught in the rain has her fighting for her life!!By now Anne is so demoralized that she decides to leave for London but at the station she meets Diana who tells her what she knows about the family's history and persuades her to return. It all hinges on Willow and her mysterious past - her father was the old gardener but who was her mother?? Unfortunately Anne returns to find Willow has been murdered but seeing she was in Anne's room wearing Anne's dress and new hat, Anne thinks she is safe in assuming that she and not Willow was meant to be the target!!I've read pretty grim things about this movie in a few books but it's definitely not that bad and worth a look.

Crow Hollow is home to a somewhat dotty and eccentric family -that belonging to a Doctor who takes his newlywed bride to live there.The home is largely occupied by his Aunts ,an outwardly genial but really rather peculiar breed.One is a devoted spider collector ,having several large poisonous specimens around the house ,another busies herself with "good works"and one is a home maker with an obsessive interest in order and tidiness.Soon the new bride begins to feel unwelcome -not surprising given she has a close encounter with a venomous spider and is fed poisoned drinks .It seems the old dears want rid of her and to see her replaced by a nubile young woman named Willow The acting is okay but the script is too talky and rambling and the direction is slack.Watchable as B movie on a wet afternoon but nothing special