The Curse of the Werewolf (Original title)
Dates: 1961 (Copyright), 01 May 1961 (Release)Countries: USA, United KingdomDirected by: Terence Fisher
Synopsis: Leon, illegitimate offspring of a beautiful mute girl and an animal-like creature, begins to suffer nightmares as he grows relating to becoming a werewolf. At the same time, some sheep are found slaughtered near the village. It seems that love can cure Leon's curse, but when as a grown man he falls in love with his employer's daughter who cannot return his love since she is already betrothed, there is nothing to save Leon from the approaching full moon.....
Genres: Horror, Period drama
Subject: 18th century
Releases
Date: 1961not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 88 mins Length: 7920 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: October 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 91 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Dates: 1961 (Copyright), 01 May 1961 (Release)Countries: USA, United KingdomDirected by: Terence Fisher
Synopsis: Leon, illegitimate offspring of a beautiful mute girl and an animal-like creature, begins to suffer nightmares as he grows relating to becoming a werewolf. At the same time, some sheep are found slaughtered near the village. It seems that love can cure Leon's curse, but when as a grown man he falls in love with his employer's daughter who cannot return his love since she is already betrothed, there is nothing to save Leon from the approaching full moon.....
Genres: Horror, Period drama
Subject: 18th century
Releases
Date: 1961not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 88 mins Length: 7920 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: October 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 91 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
(31)
©: Universal Pictures Company Incorporated, a Hammer Film production: Hammer Film Productions, Production Company: Hotspur Films, Executive Producer: Michael Carreras, Produced by: Anthony Hinds, Associate Producer: Anthony Nelson Keys, Production Manager: Clifford Parkes, [1st] Assistant Director: John Peverall, 2nd Assistant Director: Dominic Fulford, Continuity: Tilly Day, Casting: Stuart Lyons, Screenplay by: John Elder, Based on 'The Werewolf of Paris' by: Guy Endore, Director of Photography: Arthur Grant, Camera Operator: Len Harris, Stills Cameraman: Tom Edwards, Special Effects: Les Bowie, Supervising Editor: James Needs, Editor: Alfred Cox, Production Designer: Bernard Robinson, Art Director: Don Mingaye, Art Director: Tom Goswell, Wardrobe Mistress: Molly Arbuthnot, Make-up: Roy Ashton, Hair Stylist: Frieda Steiger, Music Composed and Conducted by: Benjamin Frankel, Sound Recordist: Jock May, Logo [Sound System]: RCA Sound System, Sound Editor: Alban Streeter, Produced at: Bray Film Studios
Cast
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Clifford Evans (Don Alfredo Carido), Oliver Reed (Léon), Yvonne Romain (servant girl), Catherine Feller (Cristina), Anthony Dawson (the Marquis Siniestro), Anne Blake (Rosa Vallente), Warren Mitchell (Pepe Vallente), Michael Ripper (old soak), Peter Sallis (Don Enrique), Ewen Solon (Don Fernando), Hira Talfrey (Teresa), George Woodbridge (Dominique), Richard Wordsworth (beggar), Josephine Llewellyn (the Marquesa), Justin Walters (young Léon), John Gabriel (priest), Martin Matthews (José), David Conville (Rico Gomez), Denis Shaw (gaoler), Charles Lamb (chef), Serafina Di Leo (Senora Zumara), Sheila Brennan (Vera), Joy Webster (Isabel), Renny Lister (Yvonne), John Bennett (policeman), Desmond Llewelyn (1st footman), Gordon Whiting (2nd footman), Hamlyn Benson (landlord), Kitty Attwood (midwife), Howard Lang (irate farmer), Stephen Scott (another farmer), Ray Browne (official), Frank Sieman (gardener), Max Butterfield (cheeky farmer), Michael Peake (farmer (cantina)), Rodney Burke (1st customer), Alan Page (2nd customer), Richard Golding (3rd customer), Michael Lewis (page), Loraine Caruana (servant girl (as child))