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The Return of the Vampire ()


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When an errant bomb unearths the coffin of a vampire during the London Blitz, a gravedigger unknowingly reanimates the monster by removing the stake from his heart

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Armand Tesla
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Lady Jane Ainsley
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Nicki Saunders
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John Ainsley
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Sir Frederick Fleet
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Andreas Obry
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Elsa Walter - Governess
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Dr. Walter Saunders
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Detective Lynch
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Detective Gannett
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Miss Norcutt (uncredited)
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Horace - Civil Defense Worker (uncredited)
Sydney Chatton ...
Peters - Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Sherlee Collier ...
Nicki as a child (uncredited)
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Old Man (uncredited)
Harold De Becker ...
Civil Defense Worker #2 (uncredited)
Donald Dewar ...
John as a Child (uncredited)
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Girl on Street (uncredited)
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Ben - Butler (uncredited)
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Sir Frederick's Office Assistant (uncredited)
Stanley Logan ...
Col. Mosley (uncredited)
Audrey Manners ...
Nurse (uncredited)
George McKay ...
Cemetery Caretaker (uncredited)
Marianne Mosner ...
Nurse (uncredited)
Clara Reid ...
Old Woman (uncredited)

Directed by

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Lew Landers

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Griffin Jay ... (screenplay)
 
Kurt Neumann ... (based upon an idea by)
 
Randall Faye ... (additional dialogue)

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Sam White ... producer

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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco ... (as Mario C. Tedesco)

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L. William O'Connell ... director of photography (as L.W. O'Connell)
John Stumar ... director of photography

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Paul Borofsky

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Lionel Banks
Victor Greene ... associate art director

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Louis Diage

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Clay Campbell ... makeup artist (uncredited)

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Earl Bellamy ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Howard Fogetti ... sound (uncredited)

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Aaron Nibley ... special effects

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Richard H. Kline ... assistant camera (uncredited)

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

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Morris Stoloff ... musical director (as M.W. Stoloff)

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Curly Twiford ... animal actors supplied by (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

In 1918, an English family are terrorized by a vampire, until they learn how to deal with it. They think their troubles are over, but German bombs in WWII free the monster. He reclaims the soul of his wolfman ex-servant, and assuming the identity of a scientist who has just escaped from a concentration camp, he starts out on a plan to get revenge upon the family. Written by Ken Yousten

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Taglines BEAUTY at the mercy of a MONSTER! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Vampires of London (United States)
  • Die Rückkehr der Vampire (Germany)
  • El retorno del vampiro (Spain)
  • I epistrofi tou vampir (Greece)
  • Il ritorno del vampiro (Italy)
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  • 69 min
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Trivia Columbia Pictures originally intended this film as a direct sequel to Dracula (1931), also starring Bela Lugosi, but when Universal threatened a plagiarism suit, Columbia went ahead and made the film anyway but changed the names of the characters to avoid any connection with "Dracula". It also held back its release for two months so as not to compete with Lon Chaney Jr.'s Son of Dracula (1943). See more »
Goofs The story is inconsistent as to whether Nicki Saunders is Dr. Saunders' granddaughter or daughter. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Monsters We've Known and Loved (1964). See more »
Soundtracks Prelude Op. 28. IV. No. 4 in E Minor Largo (Suffocation) See more »
Quotes Narrator: [Opening lines before main title] The imagination at times sees the fantastic and the grotesque. that the imagination of man can soar into the stratosphere of fantasy is attested by the...
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