The Curse of Frankenstein (Original title)
Dates: 1957 (Copyright), 20 May 1957 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirector: Terence Fisher
Synopsis: The classic tale of Baron Frankenstein's attempt to assemble a living creature by the use of body parts stolen from graves nearby.
Genres: Horror, Science Fiction
Subjects: Frankenstein, Scientific research
Releases
Date: 02 May 1957Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - Sound - MonoAspect ratio: 1.66:1Runtime: 83 mins Length: 7502 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Warner Bros. Distributors Ltd.
Date: 02 May 1957Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundAspect ratio: 1.66:1Runtime: 83 mins Length: 7502 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 25 June 1957Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - Sound - MonoAspect ratio: 1.66:1Runtime: 83 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Warner Bros.
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 83 mins 14 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Dates: 1957 (Copyright), 20 May 1957 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirector: Terence Fisher
Synopsis: The classic tale of Baron Frankenstein's attempt to assemble a living creature by the use of body parts stolen from graves nearby.
Genres: Horror, Science Fiction
Subjects: Frankenstein, Scientific research
Releases
Date: 02 May 1957Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - Sound - MonoAspect ratio: 1.66:1Runtime: 83 mins Length: 7502 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Warner Bros. Distributors Ltd.
Date: 02 May 1957Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundAspect ratio: 1.66:1Runtime: 83 mins Length: 7502 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 25 June 1957Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - Sound - MonoAspect ratio: 1.66:1Runtime: 83 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Warner Bros.
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 83 mins 14 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
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©: Clarion Film Productions, Production Company: Hammer Film Productions, Presented by: Warner Bros., Executive Producer: Michael Carreras, Producer: Anthony Hinds, Associate Producer: Anthony Nelson Keys, Production Manager: Don Weeks, Assistant Director: Derek Whitehurst, Continuity: Doreen Soan, Casting: Dorothy Holloway, Screenplay: James Sangster, Based on the story by: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Director of Photography: Jack Asher, Camera Operator: Len Harris, Editor: James Needs, Production Designer: Bernard Robinson, Art Director: Ted Marshall, Make-up: Phil Leakey, Hairstylist: Henry Montsash, Composer: James Bernard, Music Supervisor: John Hollingsworth, Sound: W.H.P. May
Cast
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Peter Cushing (Baron Victor Frankenstein), Christopher Lee (The Creature), Hazel Court (Elizabeth), Robert Urquhart (Paul Krempe), Valerie Gaunt (Justine), Noël Hood (Aunt Sophia), Melvyn Hayes (the young Victor), Paul Hardtmuth (Professor Bernstein), Fred Johnson (Grandpa), Marjorie Hume (mother), Sally Walsh (young Elizabeth), Claude Kingston (little boy), Henry Caine (schoolmaster), Michael Mulcaster (Werner), Patrick Troughton (Kurt), Joseph Behrman (Fritz), Anne Blake (Burgomaster's wife), Raymond Rollett (Father Felix), Alex Gallier (priest), Ernest Jay (undertaker), Bartlett Mullins (tramp), Eugene Leahy (second priest), Andrew Leigh (Burgomaster), Middleton Woods (lecturer), Raymond Ray (uncle), John Trevor-Davis ([uncle]), Hugh Dempster ([Burgomaster])