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The Pit and the Pendulum

Name: The Pit and the Pendulum
Director: Roger Corman
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Drama
Released: 1961
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Vincent Price, John Kerr, Barbara Steele, Luana Anders, Antony Carbone

In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor.

1961 · Directed by Roger Corman · 80 min · Horror · Mystery · Drama · 15 frames

Tagline

Betrayal cuts both ways!

Crew

Screenplay: Richard Matheson
Cinematography: Floyd Crosby
Edited by: Anthony Carras
Music: Les Baxter
Production design: Daniel Haller
Produced by: Roger Corman

Cast

Vincent Price as Nicholas Medina / Sebastian Medina
John Kerr as Francis Barnard
Barbara Steele as Elizabeth Barnard Medina
Luana Anders as Catherine Medina
Antony Carbone as Doctor Leon
Patrick Westwood as Maximillian
Lynette Bernay as Maria
Mary Menzies as Isabella
Charles Victor as Bartolome
Larry Turner as Young Nicholas

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: Alta Vista Productions
Budget: $200,000
Box office: $2,000,000
Themes: spain, inquisition, insanity, supernatural, castle, buried alive, flashback, gothic horror, secret door, madness

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