The Wide World of Mystery: Season 1, Episode 2Frankenstein: Part 1 (16 Jan. 1973)A scientist obsessed with creating life steals body parts to put together his "creation." Director:Glenn Jordan |
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The Wide World of Mystery: Season 1, Episode 2Frankenstein: Part 1 (16 Jan. 1973)A scientist obsessed with creating life steals body parts to put together his "creation." Director:Glenn Jordan |
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| Susan Strasberg | ... | ||
| Bo Svenson | ... |
Monster
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Heidi Vaughn | ... |
Agatha DeLacey
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Philip Bourneuf | ... | |
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Robert Gentry | ... | |
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Jon Lormer | ... |
Charles DeLacey
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William Hansen | ... | |
| John Karlen | ... |
Otto Roget
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George Morgan | ... |
Hugo
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| Brian Avery | ... |
Felix Delacey
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| Willie Aames | ... |
William Frankenstein
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Rosella Olsen | ... |
Bride of the Monster
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Edgar Daniels | ... |
Innkeeper
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Edgar Justice | ... |
Mayor
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A scientist obsessed with creating life steals body parts to put together his "creation."
I first saw this movie when it was first shown on TV, months before the other TV version from ' 73, the famous James Mason / Michael Sarrazin one. So to me, it's always the "early" one, and I'm partial to it, partly because I'm that way about all those Dan Curtis TVMs (and of course, Dark Shadows itself). As good as everyone in it is, Robert Foxworth and Bo Svenson were really great as Victor and the Creature. I really agree with Michael Morrison - Bo Svenson has to be the most underrated actor ever to play that part. Just about everything he did was so believable, including the "De Lacey" scenes - this might be the only version that shows that whole family from the book (though, strangely, it made the daughter the blind character in place of the father), and it might be the only one that shows the Creature spying on them at any real length, which makes the next thing that happens that much sadder.