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5.4/10   259 votes
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Director:
Roger Kay
Writer:
Robert Bloch (writer)
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Release Date:
5 October 1962 (Finland) more
Genre:
Drama | Horror | Thriller more
Tagline:
No one permitted out or in during the last thirteen nerve-shattering minutes! more
Plot:
Jane's car breaks down and she makes her way to a nearby estate, owned by a mysterious man named Caligari... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
very simple idea is admirably sustained more (13 total)

Cast

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Glynis Johns ... Jane Lindstrom
Dan O'Herlihy ... Caligari / Paul
Richard Davalos ... Mark Lindstrom
Lawrence Dobkin ... Dr. Frank David
Constance Ford ... Christine
J. Pat O'Malley ... Martin
Vicki Trickett ... Jeanie the Maid
Estelle Winwood ... Ruth
Doreen Lang ... Vivian
Charles E. Fredericks ... Bob
Phyllis Teagardin ... Little Girl
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Runtime:
106 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #20179) | Finland:K-16
Company:
Associated Producers (API) more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: As Jane sits at the dinner table having a private discussion with Paul, the bowl of lobster bisque she refuses to eat disappears between shots. more
Quotes:
Caligari: How old were you when you first let a man make love to you? Next, who was he? Next, how did you feel at the time? Next, how did you feel afterwards? What did you feel? What did you think? Were you pleased, frightened, ecstatic, disgusted? What did he say? What words did you speak? That's what I want to know. Now. Tell me. Now. Now. All of it, now. Tell me. YES! more
Movie Connections:
Remake of Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari. (1920) more

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
very simple idea is admirably sustained, 25 September 2007
8/10
Author: christopher-underwood from Greenwich - London

Something just that little bit different here and something really rather good. The slightly odd or seeming unlikely happenings, including the casting of Glynis Johns all make sense by the end, at least as far as I am concerned. Great sets help create a 'modern' but nevertheless creepy feel and Gerald Fried's score is most effective. A very simple idea is admirably sustained and every now and then when we feel things cannot go on like this for much longer we are jolted, either by the outrageousness of Caligari or by the sudden appearance of another guest. I had never even heard of this film before the appearance of the DVD and wonder if indeed it ever opened in the UK. The sexual references and physical violence certainly surprised me for a film of the early 60's. Well worth seeing.

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