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The Curse of Corman

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on BBC Two England

How to make a Roger Corman movie - according to the director himself.

The Pit and the Pendulum
Starring Vincent Price, Barbara Stelle

Sixteenth-century Spain: young English aristocrat Francis Barnard arrives at a mysterious castle to investigate the death of his sister Elizabeth. Greeted strangely by her husband Nicholas Medina, Francis is shocked by his explanation that Elizabeth died of shock in the castle's terrifying torture chamber.
Based on Edgar Allan Poe 's story Television presentation Mark Deitch
FIlms: pages 17-20
(Ceefax subtitles)

Contributors

Speaker/Director:
Roger Corman
Based on the story by:
Edgar Allan Poe
Television Presentation:
Mark Deitch
Nicholas Medina:
Vincent Price
Elizabeth:
Barbara Steele [billed as Barbara Stelle]
Francis Barnard:
John Kerr
Catherine:
Luana Anders
Dr Charles Leon:
Anthony Carbone
Maximillian:
Patrick Westwood
Maria:
Lynne Bernay
Nicholas (child):
Larry Turner
Isabella:
Mary Menzies
Bartolome:
Charles Victor
Source: Radio Times

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