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The Black Castle( 1952)

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Terror Stalks Its Turreted Battlements... and Horror Crawls the Catacombs Beneath!

Overview

A man investigates the disappearance of two of his friends who were the guests of a sinister Austrian count.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Richard Greene

      Sir Ronald Burton / Richard Beckett

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      Boris Karloff

      Dr. Meissen

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      Stephen McNally

      Count Karl von Bruno

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      Rita Corday

      Countess Elga von Bruno

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      Lon Chaney Jr.

      Gargon

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      John Hoyt

      Count Steiken

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      Michael Pate

      Count Ernst von Melcher

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      Nancy Valentine

      Therese von Wilk

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      Tudor Owen

      Romley

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      Henry Corden

      Fender

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      Otto Waldis

      Innkeeper Krantz

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      Roy Engel

      Burgher

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      Leslie Denison

      Sir David Layton (uncredited)

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      Bernard Szold

      Koppich (uncredited)

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      Jack Perrin

      Hunter (uncredited)

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      Forrest Burns

      Guard (uncredited)

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      Chuck Hamilton

      Guard (uncredited)

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      John Roy

      Guard (uncredited)

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      Victor Romito

      Guard (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Fri Sep 09 2022
    Richard Greene is "Richard Beckett" who arrives at the aptly named castle of eye-patch wearing Austrian count "von Bruno" (a suitably hammy Stephen McNally) to find out what has happened to two of his friends who have gone missing. Once there, he finds himself involved in some intrigues with his host - and his glamorous wife "Elga" (Rita Corday) that pits the two in a battle of wits and for survival. Lon Chaney Jr. features as the count's rather dim-witted henchman "Gargon" and there a few scene-stealing appearances from Boris Karloff as "Dr. Meissen", the well meaning castle physician. Don't e...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • arranged marriage
    • alligator
    • castle
    • leopard
    • buried alive
    • sword fight
    • murder
    • vienna, austria
    • hunting
    • missing person
    • eye patch
    • 18th century
    • told in flashback
    • wife murder
    • poisoning
    • catalepsy