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Twice-Told Tales (1963)

APPROVED 120 min  -  Horror | Mystery | Romance  -   September 1963 (USA)
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3 horror stories based on the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. In the 1st story titled "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"... See full summary »

Director:

Sidney Salkow

Writers:

Nathaniel Hawthorne (novel) (story "Heidegger's Experiment") (story "Rappaccini's Daughter"), Robert E. Kent
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Vincent Price ...
Joyce Taylor Joyce Taylor ...
Beatrice Rappaccini
Sebastian Cabot Sebastian Cabot ...
Dr. Carl Heidigger
Brett Halsey Brett Halsey ...
Giovanni Guasconti
Beverly Garland ...
Richard Denning Richard Denning ...
Jonathan Maulle
Mari Blanchard Mari Blanchard ...
Sylvia Ward
Abraham Sofaer Abraham Sofaer ...
Prof. Pietro Baglioni
Jacqueline deWit Jacqueline deWit ...
Hannah Pyncheon, Gerald's Sister
Edith Evanson Edith Evanson ...
Lisabetta, the landlady
Floyd Simmons Floyd Simmons ...
Ghost of Mathew Maulle
Gene Roth Gene Roth ...
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Storyline

3 horror stories based on the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. In the 1st story titled "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment", Heidegger attempts to restore the youth of three elderly friends. In "Rappaccini's Daughter", Vincent Price plays a demented father innoculating his daughter with poison so she may never leave her garden of poisonous plants. In the final story "The House of the Seven Gables", The Pyncheon family suffers from a hundred year old curse and while in the midst of arguing over inheritance, the Pyncheon brother kills his sister. Written by Dylan Conner, Donna Jolly  

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Plot Keywords:

Poison | Friend | Youth | Experiment | Curse  | See more »

Taglines:

A trio of terror!

Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Romance

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Nathaniel Hawthorne's Twice-Told Tales See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1
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Trivia

Beverly Garland claimed having seen Vincent Price expertly spotting parts of the prop furniture on the set of the film. When the shooting ended, those pieces of furniture "mysteriously" vanished. See more »

Goofs

Boom mic visible: In the 'Dr. Heidegger's Experiment' segment of the film, while Vincent Price and Beverly Garland are having a conversation in front of the portrait of Garland's character, the shadow of a boom microphone can clearly be seen moving back and forth above and between the shadows of Price and Garland. See more »

Quotes

Beatrice Rappaccini: Your daughter is a fine specimen, too, isn't she father? A specimen of the most deadly thing that was ever given life.
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Connections

Featured in 100 Years of Horror: Ghosts (1996) See more »