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Curse of the Fly (1965)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1965
Running Times: 86 mins
Length:
Format: 35mm/CinemaScope
Colour Format: black and white
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Twentieth Century Fox presents a CinemaScope picture
Copyright: © MCMLXV Lippert Films Ltd
This film is produced by arrangement with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation - the registered proprietor of the trademark CinemaScope
Produced by: Robert L. Lippert and Jack Parsons
Production Manager: Teresa Bolland

SCRIPT
Written by: Harry Spalding

DIRECTION
Directed by: Don Sharp
Assistant Director: Gordon Gilbert
Continuity: Renee Glynne

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Basil Emmott
Camera Operator: Frank Drake

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Supervising Film Editor: Robert Winter
Assistant Editor: Colin Miller

MUSIC
Music Composed by: Bert Shefter
Played by: New Philharmonia Orchestra of London
Orchestrations by: Johnny Pearson

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Jock May
Sound Editor: Clive Smith

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make-Up: John O'Gorman
Hairdresser: Barbara Barnard

SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS
Special Effects Make-Up: Harold Fletcher

VISUAL EFFECTS
Titles by: Francis Rodker

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Harry White

OTHER CREW
Production Secretary: Angela Cockill

LOCATIONS
Made at: Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, England

CAST
Starring
Brian Donlevy (Henri Delambre)
George Baker (Martin Delambre)

and
Carole Gray (Patricia Stanley)

Also Starring
Yvette Rees (Wan)

With
Rachel Kempson (Madame Fournier)
Bert Kwouk (Tai)
Jeremy Wilkins (Inspector Ronet)
Charles Carson (Inspector Charas)

and
Mary Manson as Judith

Michael Graham (Albert Delambre)
Warren Stanhope (hotel manager)
Mia Anderson (nurse)
Arnold Bell (hotel porter)

PLOT SUMMARY

The son of the inventor of the troublesome matter transmitter is determined to continue his father's experiments and perfect the device. But his daughter-in-law discovers the remains of the scientist's victims...

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributor: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Flugans förbannelse - Swedish title
Przeklenstwo muchy
- Polish title

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
The Fly (1958)
Return of the Fly (1959)

SEE ALSO
The Fly (1986)
The Fly II (1989)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Monthly Film Bulletin March 1966 p.42 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review

BOOKS

Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.86
credits, review

Reference Guide to Fantastic Films p.83
credits

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

sequels, disfigurement, human experiments, police, laboratories, mutants, scientists, teleportation

 


Last Updated: 15 October, 2008

 


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