A doctor, scientist, organist, and biblical scholar, Anton Phibes, seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for his wife's death.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Vincent Price | ... | Dr. Anton Phibes | |
| Joseph Cotten | ... | Dr. Vesalius | |
| Hugh Griffith | ... | Rabbi | |
| Terry-Thomas | ... | Dr. Longstreet | |
| Virginia North | ... | Vulnavia | |
| Peter Jeffrey | ... | Inspector Trout | |
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Derek Godfrey | ... | Crow |
| Norman Jones | ... | Sgt. Tom Schenley | |
| John Cater | ... | Superintendent Waverley | |
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Aubrey Woods | ... | Goldsmith |
| John Laurie | ... | Darrow | |
| Maurice Kaufmann | ... | Dr. Whitcombe | |
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Barbara Keogh | ... | Mrs. Frawley |
| Sean Bury | ... | Lem Vesalius | |
| Susan Travers | ... | Nurse Allen | |
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Doctors are being murdered in a bizarre manner: bats, bees, killer frog masks, etc., which represent the nine Biblical plagues. The crimes are orchestrated by the organ-playing, demented Dr .Phibes - from his base; replete with a clockwork orchestra with the help of his mute assistant. The detective is stumped until he finds that all of the doctors being killed assisted a Dr. Vesalius on an unsuccessful operation involving the wife of Dr. Phibes, but he couldn't be the culprit, could he? He was killed in a car crash upon learning of his wife's death... Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
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18 May 1971 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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£300,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$3,000,000, 31 December 1971Company Credits
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Written by Bernice Petkere
Courtesy of The Big Three Music Co.
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The "Vampire Bats" were really flying foxes, very docile fruit-loving bats. See more »Goofs
The song "You Stepped Out of a Dream" was not released until 1940, 15 years later than when the film takes place. See more »Crazy Credits
The cast list is divided into five sections: 'The Protagonists', 'The Girl', 'The Victims', 'The Law' and 'Interested Parties'. See more »Alternate Versions
The Vestron video release and the version shown on cable up until the mid-'90's also featured substituted music soundtracks. See more »Soundtracks
Close Your EyesWritten by Bernice Petkere
Courtesy of The Big Three Music Co.
(played during a murder scene)
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Sheer terror doesn't get much more frightening than this. Scare-master Vincent Price plays a doctor who loses his voice in a car accident, but can still speak by way of an electronic device. He vows revenge on the nine doctors that were responsible for an unsuccessful surgery attempt on his wife, Victoria. He, along with his fiendish but sexy assistant Vulnavia (Virginia North), murder them one by one in such grotesque ways as draining one guy of all his blood, attacking a nurse with a swarm of locusts, and giving an attendee of a costume party a frog mask that becomes so tight around his neck that it snaps his head off. The sheer audacity of these grisly murders, along with Price's meticulous and methodical planning, make for a one-of a-kind scary experience.