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Vincent Price
Dr. Erasmus Craven
Peter Lorre
Dr. Adolphus Bedlo
Boris Karloff
Dr. Scarabus
Hazel Court
Lenore Craven
Olive Sturgess
Estelle Craven
Jack Nicholson
Rexford Bedlo
John Dierkes
Roderick Craven
Connie Wallace
Maid
William Baskin
Grimes
Aaron Saxon
Gort
Leo Gordon
Grimes (voice) (uncredited)
Dick Johnstone
Roderick Craven (uncredited)
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Review 2DiscussionA review by Wuchak
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Written by Wuchak on Thu Oct 14 2021
_**The origin of the ‘Sorcerer Supreme’ (no, not Dr. Strange)**_
In 1506, a former sorcerer (Vincent Price) aids a lesser magician who has been turned into a raven (Peter Lorre) by a great wizard (Boris Karloff). When he learns that the ghost of his beloved dead wife (Hazel Court) has been seen at the castle of the great wizard, they venture there to find out, along with the sorcerer’s daughter and magician’s son (Olive Sturgess & Jack Nicholson).
Directed by Roger Corman and written by Richard Matheson, “The Raven” (1963) is a horror comedy inspired by Edgar Allen Poe’s poem, spoofing...
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
350000.00
Revenue
1499275.00
Keywords
- magic
- castle
- sorcery
- parody
- sorcerer
- duel
- based on song, poem or rhyme
- horse carriage
- raven
- wizard
- magician