Das Gift des Bösen (1963)
Die Trilogie beinhaltet eine Zusammenstellung von drei Gruselstorys aus der Feder von Nathaniel Hawthorne. Zwei Freunde entdecken ein Lebenselixier in “Dr. Heideggers Experiment”. In " Rappacinis Tochter" leidet eine junge Frau, weil ihr Vater sie zu einem todbringenden Geschöpf macht. Die dritte Geschichte “Das Haus der sieben Giebel” handelt von einem Fluch belasteten Haus.
Der Regisseur: Sidney Salkow
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Vincent Price as Alex Medbourne / Dr. Giacomo Rappaccini / Gerald Pyncheon |
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Sebastian Cabot as Dr. Carl Heidegger |
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Brett Halsey as Giovanni Guasconti |
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Beverly Garland as Alice Pyncheon |
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Richard Denning as Jonathan Maulle |
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Mari Blanchard as Sylvia Ward |
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Abraham Sofaer as Prof. Pietro Baglioni |
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Jacqueline deWit as Hannah Pyncheon, Gerald's Sister |
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Joyce Taylor as Beatrice Rappaccini |
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Edith Evanson as Lisabetta, the landlady |
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Floyd Simmons as Ghost of Matthew Maulle |
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Gene Roth as Cabman |
| Directing | Sidney Salkow | Director |
| Writing | Robert E. Kent | Writer |
| Sound | Alfred R. Bird | Sound Effects Editor |
| Writing | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Story |
| Sound | Richard LaSalle | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Ellis W. Carter | Director of Photography |
| Art | Franz Bachelin | Art Direction |
| Art | Charles S. Thompson | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gene Hibbs | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jane Shugrue | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Milton Olsen | Special Effects |
| Production | Joseph Small | Production Manager |
| Editing | Grant Whytock | Supervising Editor |
| Directing | Al Westen | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Edna Bullock | Music Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marjorie Corso | Costume Designer |
| Art | Irving W. Sindler | Property Master |
| Sound | Lambert E. Day | Sound |
| Directing | Jean Downing | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Robert E. Kent | Producer |