Twice-Told Tales (1963)
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.
Director: 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 |
| Writing | Robert E. Kent | Writer |
| Directing | Sidney Salkow | Director |
| Sound | Alfred R. Bird | Sound Effects Editor |
| Art | Charles S. Thompson | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Richard LaSalle | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Ellis W. Carter | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gene Hibbs | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Franz Bachelin | Art Direction |
| Writing | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Story |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jane Shugrue | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Milton Olsen | Special Effects |
| Editing | Grant Whytock | Supervising Editor |
| Art | Irving W. Sindler | Property Master |
| Production | Robert E. Kent | Producer |
| Production | Joseph Small | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marjorie Corso | Costume Designer |
| Directing | Jean Downing | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Lambert E. Day | Sound |
| Directing | Al Westen | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Edna Bullock | Music Editor |