The Black Castle (1952)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Nathan Juran

Writer:

Jerry Sackheim (writer)

Release Date:

15 December 1952 (Sweden)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Horror | Action | Romance

Plot:

Man investigates the disappearance of two of his friends who were the guests of a sinister Austrian count. |

Plot Keywords:

Count | Ball And Cap Pistol | Germany | Catalepsy | Faked Death

Cast

Richard Greene	...	Sir Ronald Burton, alias Richard Beckett
Boris Karloff	...	Dr. Meissen
Stephen McNally	...	Count Karl von Bruno
Rita Corday	...	Countess Elga von Bruno
Lon Chaney Jr.	...	Gargon
John Hoyt	...	Count Steiken
Michael Pate	...	Count Ernst von Melcher
Nancy Valentine	...	Therese Von Wilk
Tudor Owen	...	Romley
Henry Corden	...	Fender
Otto Waldis	...	Krantz, the innkeeper

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:(Banned) (1952) | USA:Unrated | Sweden:15

Company:

Universal International Pictures (UI)

Quotes:

Count Karl von Bruno: Doctor, you're an expert on medical science. Isn't it true that the Ancient Romans were pain worshippers?
Dr. Meissen: Oh, yes, Herr Count. They even held endurance contests. It was a mark of distinction to suffer in silence.
Count Steiken: [Being treated for an arm wound by Dr. Meissen] Ah, naaah! Oh, no!
Count Karl von Bruno: Do you hear that, Steiken?
Count Steiken: [Screaming] Aaah, ah, ah! I'm not an Ancient Roman!
Servant: Herr Count, Mr. Beckett is here.
Count Karl von Bruno: Well, bring him in for this should amuse him too.
Count Steiken: [to Dr. Meissen] Ooohh! - You idiot! You call yourself a doctor?
Count Karl von Bruno: [Sadistically twisting Steiken's arm] And you? You call yourself a man?
[...]

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Svengoolie: The Black Castle" (1998)

Soundtrack:

3rd and 1st movements from Serenata No.13 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' K.525

Great Karloff Classic Film

All Boris Karloff fans will love this classic film, where Karloff is the castle physician and gives his patients excellent attention. Sir Ronald Burton,(Richard Greene), an eighteenth-century English adventurer, believes his two friends have been murdered by Count Von Bruno,(Stephen McNally) on his Black Forest estate. Arriving at Von Bruno's castle to accumulate evidence, Burton learns Von Bruno's unhappy wife Elga (Paula Corday),. and Dr. Meissen(Boris Karloff), the castle physician, are virtual prisoners. Suspecting Burton's motives, Von Bruno and Gargon (Lon Chaney Jr., ) a giant, mute scarred henchman, discover the Englishman was responsible for their being captured and tortured. You will definitely have to view this great Classic Karloff Film to enjoy the ending.