Movie
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Overview
After a team of surgeons botches his beloved wife's operation, the distraught Dr. Phibes unleashes a score of Old-Testament atrocities on his enemies.
Details
- Release date
- 1971-04-01
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Horror, Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- American International Productions (England)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Vincent Price as Dr. Anton Phibes
- Joseph Cotten as Dr. Vesalius
- Hugh Griffith as Rabbi
- Terry-Thomas as Dr. Longstreet
- Virginia North as Vulnavia
- Peter Jeffrey as Inspector Trout
- Derek Godfrey as Crow
- Norman Jones as Sgt. Schenley
- John Cater as Superintendent Waverley
- Aubrey Woods as Goldsmith
- John Laurie as Darrow
- Maurice Kaufmann as Dr. Whitcombe
Crew
- Robert Fuest - Director
- James Whiton - Screenplay
- William Goldstein - Screenplay
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