Philip Winthrop

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Philip Winthrop is the determined outsider protagonist in the 1960 horror film "The Fall of the House of Usher," whose visit to his fiancée’s decaying ancestral mansion drives the story’s unraveling of family secrets and doom.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
protagonist
appearsIn The Fall of the House of Usher (1960 film) NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre horror film
associatedWithFamily Usher family NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme decay and corruption
family doom
outsider confronting a cursed lineage
basedOnAuthor Edgar Allan Poe NERFINISHED
basedOnWork The Fall of the House of Usher (short story) NERFINISHED
conflictsWith Roderick Usher’s desire to keep Madeline in the house
countryOfOriginOfWork United States of America
surface form: United States
createdForAdaptation The Fall of the House of Usher (1960 film) NERFINISHED
directorOfWork Roger Corman NERFINISHED
drivesPlotElement revelation of the Usher family curse
unraveling of family secrets
firstAppearanceYear 1960
hasFiancee Madeline Usher NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
medium film
narrativeRole determined protagonist
outsider
opposesCharacter Roderick Usher NERFINISHED
portrayedBy Mark Damon NERFINISHED
primaryGoal to marry Madeline Usher
to take Madeline Usher away from the Usher mansion
productionCompanyOfWork American International Pictures NERFINISHED
storyFunction catalyst for the collapse of the House of Usher
visitsLocation Usher mansion NERFINISHED
the decaying ancestral home of the Usher family

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