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Scars of Dracula (Original title)
Dates: 1970 (Copyright), 09 October 1970 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Roy Ward Baker

Synopsis: Paul Carlsen flees his village after being caught seducing the Burgomaster's daughter and, after being turfed out by an innkeeper, ends up at the castle of Count Dracula. When he does not reappear in his town, his brother Simon and a young lady both brothers admire, Sarah, go looking for Paul, find their way to the inn and the castle, and take on the vampire count. Meanwhile, Dracula's servant Klove is amazed to see Sarah in the flesh, as he has been admiring her portrait that Paul brought with him to the castle.

Genre:
Horror

Subjects:
Vampires, Dracula, Castles
Releases
Date: 1970Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 96 mins Length: 8640 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: MGM-EMI Film Distributors Ltd.
Date: February 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 96 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (26)
©: EMI Film Productions, Production Company: Hammer Film Productions, Produced by: Aida Young, Production Manager: Tom Sachs, Assistant Director: Derek Whitehurst, Continuity: Betty Harley, Screenplay by: John Elder, Based on the character created by: Bram Stoker, Director of Photography: Moray Grant, Special Effects: Roger Dicken, Editor: James Needs, Art Director: Scott MacGregor, Construction Manager: Arthur Banks, Wardrobe Mistress: Laura Nightingale, Make-up Supervisor: Wally Schneiderman, Make-up Assistant: Heather Nurse, Hairdressing Supervisor: Pearl Tipaldi, Music Composed by: James Bernard, Music Supervisor: Philip Martell, Recording Supervisor: Tony Lumkin, Sound Recordist: Ron Barron, Dubbing Mixer: Dennis Whitlock, [Dubbing Assistant]: Colin Needs, Sound Editor: Roy Hyde, Studio: Elstree Studios
Cast (18)
Christopher Lee (Count Dracula), Dennis Waterman (Simon Carlsen), Jenny Hanley (Sarah Framsen), Christopher Matthews (Paul Carlsen), Patrick Troughton (Klove), Michael Gwynn (priest), Michael Ripper (landlord), Wendy Hamilton (Julie), Anouska Hempel (Tania), Delia Lindsay (Alice), Bob Todd (burgomaster), Toke Townley (elderly waggoner), David Leland (officer 1), Richard Durden (officer 2), Morris Bush (farmer), Margot Boht (landlord's wife), Clive Barrie (fat young man), Nikki van der Zyl ([dubbed voice of Sarah Framsen])