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Vampira (Original title)Old Dracula (Alternative title)
Dates: 1974 (Copyright), 03 November 1974 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Clive Donner

Synopsis: Count Dracula has been searching for a person with the right blood type to bring his beloved Vampira back to life.

Genres:
Comedy, Horror

Subjects:
Vampires, Ethnicity, Playboy
Releases
Date: 1974not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 88 mins Length: 7962 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (26)
Production Company: World Film Services Ltd., Services by: Tiger Service Company, Presents: Columbia Pictures, Executive Producer: Victor Lownes, Produced by: Jack H. Wiener, Production Supervisor: Richard Dalton, Assistant Director: Bert Batt, Continuity: Sally Ball, Original Screenplay by: Jeremy Lloyd, Director of Photography: Tony Richmond, Camera Operator: Denis Lewiston, Focus Puller: Michael Roberts, Optical Special Effects by: Camera Effects, Editor: Bill Butler, Art Director: Philip Harrison, Costume Designer: Vangie Harrison, Wardrobe Supervisor: Elsa Fennell, Make-up: Philip Leakey, Hairdressing: Barbara Ritchie, Titles by: Camera Effects, Music Composed and Conducted by: David Whitaker, Sound Recordist: Claude Hitchcock, Dubbing Mixer: Bill Rowe, Sound Editor: Charles Crafford, Made at: EMI-MGM Studios
Cast (26)
David Niven (Count Dracula), Teresa Graves (Countess Vampira), Jennie Linden (Angela), Nicky Henson (Marc), Peter Bayliss (Maltravers), Bernard Bresslaw (Pottinger), Linda Hayden (Helga), Frank Thornton (Mr King), Christopher Sandford (Milton), Andrea Allan (Eve), Veronica Carlson (Ritva), Minah Bird (Rose), Cathie Shirriff (Nancy), Carol Cleveland (Jane, his victim), Kenneth Cranham (Paddy, the delinquent), Freddie Jones (Gilmore), Aimi Macdonald, Patrick Newell (couple in hotel room), Luan Peters (Pottinger's secretary), Marcia Fox (air hostess), David Rowlands (drunk), Ben Aris (policeman), Nadim Sawalha (airline representative), Holma Macdonald, Nicola Austine, Penny Irving (Playboy Bunny)