Twice-Told Tales
1963
A trio of terror!
Directed by Sidney Salkow
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3 horror stories based on the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. In the 1st story titled "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment", Heidegger attempts to restore the youth of three elderly friends. In "Rappaccini's Daughter", a demented father is inoculating his daughter with poison so she may never leave her garden of poisonous plants. In the final story "The House of the Seven Gables", The Pyncheon family suffers from a hundred year old curse and while in the midst of arguing over inheritance, a stranger arrives.
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- Director
- Sidney Salkow
- Written by
- Nathaniel Hawthorne, Robert E. Kent
- Produced by
- Robert E. Kent
- Composer
- Richard LaSalle
- Cinematographer
- Ellis W. Carter
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- NR
- TMDB
- 6.2/10 (84 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 63% Fresh
- IMDb
- 6.6/10 (3,652 votes)
Cast
Vincent Price
Alex Medbourne / Dr. Giacomo Rappaccini / Gerald Pyncheon
Sebastian Cabot
Dr. Carl Heidegger
Brett Halsey
Giovanni Guasconti
Beverly Garland
Alice Pyncheon
Richard Denning
Jonathan Maulle
Mari Blanchard
Sylvia Ward
Abraham Sofaer
Prof. Pietro Baglioni
Jacqueline deWit
Hannah Pyncheon, Gerald's Sister
Joyce Taylor
Beatrice Rappaccini
Edith Evanson
Lisabetta, the landlady
Floyd Simmons
Ghost of Matthew Maulle
Gene Roth
Cabman
Crew
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