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The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)

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Film details

Featuring

Ralph Bates Kate O'Mara Veronica Carlson
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1970
Genres

Horror Comedy Science Fiction
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Arrogant student Victor Frankenstein stops at nothing to experiment with reviving dead lifeforms in a laboratory in his family castle, and he soon starts building a monster from parts of dead bodies brought to him by a graverobber. When the monster breaks out of the castle, nobody in the town is safe.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Victor Frankenstein
    
    Ralph Bates
  - Alys
    
    Kate O'Mara
  - Elizabeth Heiss
    
    Veronica Carlson
  - graverobber
    
    Dennis Price
  - Lieutenant Henry Becker
    
    Jon Finch
  - graverobber's wife
    
    Joan Rice
  - Elizabeth's father
    
    Bernard Archard
  - Stephan
    
    Stephen Turner
  - Wilhem Kaestner
    
    Graham James
  - schoolmaster
    
    Neil Wilson
  - bailiff
    
    James Hayter
  - dean
    
    James Cossins
  - Maggie
    
    Glenys O'Brien
  - instructor
    
    Geoffrey Lumsden
  - priest
    
    Lethbridge Baker, C.
  - 1st bandit
    
    Terry Duggan
  - Frankenstein's father
    
    George Belbin
  - woodsman
    
    Hal Jeayes
  - woodsman's daughter
    
    Carol Jeayes
  - workman
    
    Michael Goldie
  - tall bandit/monster
    
    Prowse, Dave
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Directed by
    
    Jimmy Sangster
  - ©/Presents
    
    EMI Film Productions
  - A Hammer Film Production
    
    Hammer Film Productions
  - Distributed by
    
    Anglo-EMI Film Distributors Ltd.
  - Released through
    
    MGM-EMI Film Distributors Ltd.
  - Produced by
    
    Jimmy Sangster
  - Production Manager
    
    Tom Sachs
  - Assistant Director
    
    Derek Whitehurst
  - Continuity
    
    Betty Harley
  - Screenplay by
    
    Jeremy Burnham
  - Screenplay by
    
    Jimmy Sangster
  - Based on the characters created by
    
    Shelley, Mary
  - Director of Photography
    
    Moray Grant
  - Camera Operator
    
    Neil Binney
  - Editor
    
    Chris Barnes
  - Art Director
    
    Scott MacGregor
  - Construction Manager
    
    Arthur Banks
  - Wardrobe Mistress
    
    Laura Nightingale
  - Make Up Supervisor
    
    Tom Smith
  - Hairdressing Supervisor
    
    Pearl Tipaldi
  - Music Composed by
    
    Malcolm Williamson
  - Music Supervisor
    
    Philip Martell
  - Recording Director
    
    Lumkin, Tony
  - Sound Recordist
    
    Claude Hitchcock
  - Sound System
    
    RCA Sound System
  - Dubbing Mixer
    
    Bill Rowe
  - Sound Editor
    
    Terry Poulton
  - Produced at
    
    EMI-MGM Elstree Studios

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