Movie
The Curse of Frankenstein
Overview
Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature with a horrid face — and a tendency to kill.
Details
- Release date
- 1957-05-20
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Genres
- Horror, Science Fiction
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Hammer Film Productions
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Peter Cushing as Baron Victor Frankenstein
- Hazel Court as Elizabeth
- Robert Urquhart as Paul Krempe
- Christopher Lee as The Creature
- Melvyn Hayes as Young Victor
- Valerie Gaunt as Justine
- Paul Hardtmuth as Prof. Bernstein
- Noel Hood as Aunt
- Fred Johnson as Grandpa
- Claude Kingston as Little Boy
- Alex Gallier as Priest
- Michael Mulcaster as Warder
Crew
- Terence Fisher - Director
- Jimmy Sangster - Screenplay
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