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The Black Castle
Terror Stalks Its Turreted Battlements... and Horror Crawls the Catacombs Beneath!
A man investigates the disappearance of two of his friends who were the guests of a sinister Austrian count.
- Original title
- The Black Castle
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
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Sep 9, 2022 · via TMDB
Richard Greene is "Richard Beckett" who arrives at the aptly named castle of eye-patch wearing Austrian count "von Bruno" (a suitably hammy Stephen McNally) to find out what has happened to two of his friends who have gone missing. Once there, he finds himself involved in some intrigues with his host - and his glamorous wife "Elga" (Rita Corday) that pits the two in a battle of wits and for survival. Lon Chaney Jr. features as the count's rather dim-witted henchman "Gargon" and there a few scene-stealing appearances from Boris Karloff as "Dr. Meissen", the well meaning castle physician. Don't expect a horror film, aside from a pool full of hungry of alligators and some medieval instruments of torture, there isn't any - this is just a straight historical drama/romance that pitches good against evil with some sword fighting, good old fashioned treachery and a damsel, frequently, in distress. It isn't Nathan Juran's best - but it's a perfectly competent little adventure yarn to while away 80 minutes.
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Richard Greene
Sir Ronald Burton / Richard Beckett
Boris Karloff
Dr. Meissen
Stephen McNally
Count Karl von Bruno
Rita Corday
Countess Elga von Bruno
Lon Chaney Jr.
Gargon
John Hoyt
Count Steiken
Michael Pate
Count Ernst von Melcher
Nancy Valentine
Therese von Wilk
Tudor Owen
Romley
Henry Corden
Fender
Otto Waldis
Innkeeper Krantz
Jack Perrin
Hunter (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Guard (uncredited)
Irving Glassberg
Director of Photography
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Nathan Juran
Director
William Alland
Producer
Frank Skinner
Music
Paul Dessau
Music
William Lava
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