Movie: "The Curse of Frankenstein"
| Release Date: | May 1957 |
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| Genres: | Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi |
| Runtime: | 82 min. |
| Cast: | Peter Cushing (Victor Frankenstein), Hazel Court (Elizabeth), Robert Urquhart (Paul Krempe) Christopher Lee (Creature) Melvyn Hayes (Young Victor) Valerie Gaunt (Justine) Paul Hardtmuth (Professor Bernstein) Noel Hood (Aunt) Fred Johnson (Grandpa) Claude Kingston (Little Boy) Alex Gallier (Priest) Michael Mulcaster (Warder) Andrew Leigh (Burgomaster) Ann Blake (Wife) Sally Walsh (Young Elizabeth) Middleton Woods (Lecturer) Raymond Ray (Uncle) Josef Behrmann (Fritz (uncredited)) Henry Caine (Schoolmaster (uncredited)) Marjorie Hume (Mother (uncredited)) Ernest Jay (Undertaker (uncredited)) Eugene Leahy (2nd Priest (uncredited)) Bartlett Mullins (Tramp (uncredited)) Raymond Rollett (Father Felix (uncredited)) Patrick Troughton (Kurt (uncredited)) |
Storyline: Baron Victor Frankenstein, in prison for murder and trying to evade the guillotine, tells a priest how he and his mentor, Paul Krempe, had performed many scientific experiments, eventually leading to the resurrection of a dead body. The baron's obsession and the monster's homicidal nature cause the deaths of several of those around them. Finally the Baron is confronted by an enraged monster about to throw Victor's fiancée Elizabeth, from the castle parapet.
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