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Release Date:
11 June 1969 (USA) moreTagline:
For the first time... the classic tale of the restless dead and their unspeakable hungers! morePlot:
Aristocrat Julian Markham keeps his disfigured brother, Sir Edward, locked in a tower of his house.... more | add synopsisNewsDesk:
First Look at Cover Art for Grimly's New Poe Collection(From Dread Central. 3 December 2008, 9:13 PM, PST)
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Not one of Vincent's best moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Vincent Price | ... | Sir Julian Markham |
 | Christopher Lee | ... | Dr. J. Neuhart |
 | Rupert Davies | ... | Joshua Kemp |
| Uta Levka | ... | Heidi, the prostitute |
| Sally Geeson | ... | Sally Baxter, Dr. Neuhart's Maid / Sir Julian Markham's Maid |
| Alister Williamson | ... | Sir Edward Markham |
| Peter Arne | ... | Samuel Trench |
| Hilary Heath | ... | Elizabeth Markham (as Hilary Dwyer) |
| Maxwell Shaw | ... | Tom Hackett |
| Carl Rigg | ... | Mark Norton |
| Harry Baird | ... | N'Galo |
| Godfrey James | ... | Weller, Grave Robber |
| James Mellor | ... | Holt |
| John Barrie | ... | Franklin |
| Ivor Dean | ... | Hawthorne |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
USA:91 min | USA:97 min (DVD)Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishColor:
Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
UK:15 (video rating) | UK:X (original rating) | Iceland:16 | Germany:16 (re-rating) | West Germany:18 (original rating) | Norway:18 (1972) | Sweden:15 | USA:M (original rating) | USA:PG | Australia:RFilming Locations:
Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UKFun Stuff
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Lawrence Huntington, who had written the original draft of the film's screenplay, died just eleven days into the production of the movie. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Sir Edward murders Heidi the prostitute, the special effects knife clearly sprays blood onto the actresses' neck well before it actually touches her. moreQuotes:
N'Galo: We have knowledge of things you know nothing of. moreFAQ
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I liked the story-line of this color film but the continuity guy/gal should have been fired. Long and not much happening.