The Evil of Frankenstein (Original title)
Dates: 1964 (Copyright), 31 May 1964 (Release)Countries: USA, United KingdomDirected by: Freddie Francis
Synopsis: Frankenstein returns to his castle with his assistant, Hans, to find it deserted and robbed. In the crowded inn he meets his old adversaries, the Burgomaster and Chief of Police who set up a hue and cry. Escaping through a mesmerist's tent they spend the night in a mountain cave inhabited by a deaf-mute girl. There in the ice they find Frankenstein's monster created long ago. Back in the castle the Creature is revived but remains inert. With the help of Zoltan, the mesmerist, it awakens and under his influence murders the Burgomaster. Frankenstein is blamed and arrested. He escapes and returns to the castle where Zoltan is attacked by the Creature who then goes berserk. Trapped in the laboratory Frankenstein sends Hans and the girl away and perishes with the Creature.
Genres: Horror, Science Fiction
Subject: Frankenstein
Releases
Date: 1964Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 84 mins Length: 7560 FeetDialogue (original): English
Dates: 1964 (Copyright), 31 May 1964 (Release)Countries: USA, United KingdomDirected by: Freddie Francis
Synopsis: Frankenstein returns to his castle with his assistant, Hans, to find it deserted and robbed. In the crowded inn he meets his old adversaries, the Burgomaster and Chief of Police who set up a hue and cry. Escaping through a mesmerist's tent they spend the night in a mountain cave inhabited by a deaf-mute girl. There in the ice they find Frankenstein's monster created long ago. Back in the castle the Creature is revived but remains inert. With the help of Zoltan, the mesmerist, it awakens and under his influence murders the Burgomaster. Frankenstein is blamed and arrested. He escapes and returns to the castle where Zoltan is attacked by the Creature who then goes berserk. Trapped in the laboratory Frankenstein sends Hans and the girl away and perishes with the Creature.
Genres: Horror, Science Fiction
Subject: Frankenstein
Releases
Date: 1964Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 84 mins Length: 7560 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
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©: Universal Pictures Company Incorporated, [Logo] a Universal Picture: Universal, a Hammer Film production: Hammer Film Productions, Produced by: Anthony Hinds, Production Manager: Don Weeks, Assistant Director: Bill Cartlidge, Continuity: Pauline Harlow, Screenplay by: John Elder, Director of Photography: John Wilcox, Camera Operator: Ronnie Maasz, [Focus Puller]: Geoffrey Glover, Special Effects: Les Bowie, Supervising Editor: James Needs, Art Director: Don Mingaye, Wardrobe Mistress: Rosemary Burrows, Make-up Artist: Roy Ashton, Hair Stylist: Frieda Steiger, Music Composed by: Don Banks, Music Supervisor: Philip Martell, [Music Supervisor]: John Hollingsworth, Sound Recordist: Ken Rawkins, Sound Editor: Roy Hyde, Sound System: RCA Sound Recording, Produced at: Bray Film Studios
Cast
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Peter Cushing (Baron Frankenstein), Peter Woodthorpe (Zoltan), Duncan Lamont (chief of police), Sandor Eles (Hans), Katy Wild (beggar girl), David Hutcheson (burgomaster), James Maxwell (priest), Howard Goorney (drunk), Kiwi Kingston (the creature), Anthony Blackshaw, David Conville (policeman), Caron Gardner (the burgomaster's wife), Tony Arpino ([body snatcher]), Timothy Bateson ([hypnotised man]), Alister Williamson ([landlord]), Frank Forsyth ([manservant]), Kenneth Kove ([curé]), Michelle Scott ([little girl]), Derek Martin, Robert Flynn, Anthony Poole, James Garfield ([roustabout])