Macabre (1958)A doctor's daughter is kidnapped and buried alive, and he is given just five hours to find and rescue her. Director:William Castle |
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Cast
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William Prince | ... |
Doctor Rodney Barrett
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Jim Backus | ... |
Jim Tyloe
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Christine White | ... |
Nancy Wetherby
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Polly Baron
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Susan Morrow | ... |
Sylvia Stevenson
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Philip Tonge | ... |
Jode Wetherby
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Jonathan Kidd | ... |
Ed Quigley
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Dorothy Morris | ... |
Alice Barrett
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Howard Hoffman | ... |
Hummel
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Ellen Corby | ... |
Miss Kushins
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Linda Guderman | ... |
Marge
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Voltaire Perkins | ... |
Preacher
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Robert Colbert | ... |
Nick the Chauffeur
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Storyline
A small-town doctor (William Prince) gets caught up in a revenge plot when his small daughter is kidnapped and buried alive as he is given a few short hours to find her before she suffocates. To cover the risk of a heart attack while viewing the film, Producer-Director William Castle provided each member of the audience with an official certificate issued by Lloyds of London to insure them for $1,000 against death by fright. The gimmick worked and Castle was on his way to movie exploitation stardom! Written by alfiehitchie
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So Terrifying We Insure You For $1000 against Death By Fright! (Not valid for persons with heart or nervous conditions) See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
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Macabro See more »Box Office
Budget:
$90,000 (estimated)Gross:
$5,000,000 (USA) (January 1970)Company Credits
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Technical Specs
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MonoColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Trivia
The first of William Castle's "gimmick" films. In this one, admission included an insurance policy against "death by fright" issued by Lloyds of London. See more »Crazy Credits
In an animated closing credit sequence, characters who died during the film are borne in hearses that parade across the screen, right to left. The surviving characters follow on foot. See more »
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