
The Curse of Frankenstein
“The creature created by man and forgotten by nature!”
1957·1h 23m·en·NR
6.8
Overview
Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature with a horrid face — and a tendency to kill.
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- Director
- Terence Fisher
- Written by
- Mary Shelley, Jimmy Sangster
- Produced by
- Anthony Hinds, Max Rosenberg
- Composer
- James Bernard
- Studio
- Hammer Film Productions
Released May 20, 1957·United Kingdom·$270,000 budget·$8,000,000 revenue
Cast

Peter Cushing
Baron Victor Frankenstein

Hazel Court
Elizabeth

Robert Urquhart
Paul Krempe

Christopher Lee
The Creature

Melvyn Hayes
Young Victor

Valerie Gaunt
Justine

Paul Hardtmuth
Prof. Bernstein

Noel Hood
Aunt

Fred Johnson
Grandpa
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Claude Kingston
Little Boy
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Alex Gallier
Priest

Michael Mulcaster
Warder
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Andrew Leigh
Burgomaster
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Middleton Woods
Lecturer
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Raymond Ray
Uncle
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Sally Walsh
Young Elizabeth
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Podcasts
The Evolution of Horror — MAN-MADE MONSTERS #5: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) & Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)













