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The Curse of Frankenstein
The creature created by man and forgotten by nature!
( Horror / Sci-Fi )


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MPAA Rating:
Approved

US Runtime: 83 min

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Premiere Date:
May 20, 1957   [UK]
 
Director: Terence Fisher   [Director]
 
Writer: Jimmy Sangster   [Screenplay]
 
Producers: Michael Carreras   [Executive Producer]
Anthony Hinds   [Producer]
Anthony Nelson Keys   [Associate Producer]
Max Rosenberg   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Jack Asher   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: James Needs   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by James Bernard   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Bernard Robinson   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Molly Arbuthnot   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by Dorothy Holloway   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: Hammer Film Productions   (GB)
Hammer Film Productions Limited
 


Plot Summary:

    While awaiting execution for murder, Baron Victor Frankenstein tells the story of a creature he built and brought to life - only for it to behave not as he intended.

Cast:

Peter Cushing
Baron Victor Frankenstein
Hazel Court
Elizabeth
Robert Urquhart
Paul Krempe
Christopher Lee
The Creature
Melvyn Hayes
Victor
Valerie Gaunt
Justine
Paul Hardtmuth
Prof. Bernstein
Noel Hood
Aunt
Fred Johnson
Grandpa
 
Claude Kingston
Little Boy
Alex Gallier
Priest
Michael Mulcaster
Warder
Andrew Leigh
Burgomaster
Middleton Woods
Lecturer
Raymond Ray
Uncle
Sally Walsh
Young Elizabeth
Anne Blake
Wife
 

Art Department:


Edward Marshall
Set Decoration
 
Bernard Robinson
Set Designer
 
 

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