"Robert Louis Stevenson's masterpiece of Terror !"

1951

1h 21m

6.2(33 votes)

Horror

Thriller

Overview

The wicked Alain plots an elaborate revenge against his younger brother Edmund, leading to a deadly confrontation in his dungeon deathtrap.

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The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Charles Laughton

Sire Alain de Maletroit

Boris Karloff

Voltan

Sally Forrest

Blanche de Maletroit

Richard Wyler

Denis de Beaulieu

William Cottrell

Corbeau

Alan Napier

Count Grassin

Morgan Farley

Renville

Paul Cavanagh

Edmond de Maletroit

Michael Pate

Talon

Marion Gray

Creative team

Directed by: Joseph Pevney
Written by: Jerry Sackheim
Produced by: Ted Richmond

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