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The Old Dark House [1963]
Country
of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1963
Running Times: 76 mins [UK - A rated version]
83 mins [UK - 18 rated version] 86 mins
Format: Eastmancolour 35mm
Ratio:
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: William Castle / Hammer Films
Producer: William Castle
Associate Producer: Donna Holloway
Production Manager: John Draper
SCRIPT
Script: Robert Dillon
Novel: Benighted by J.B. Priestley
DIRECTION
Director: William Castle
Assistant Director: Douglas Hermes
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Arthur Grant
Camera Operator: Moray Grant
Labs: Technicolor
EDITING AND POST
PRODUCTION
Supervising Editor: James Needs
MUSIC
Music / Conductor: Benjamin Frankel
SOUND
Sound Recordist: Jock May
Sound Editor: James Groom
Sound System: RCA Sound Recording
MAKE UP AND
COSTUMES
Make Up: Roy Ashton
Hair: Frieda Steiger
Wardrobe Supervisor: Molly Arbuthnot
Wardrobe Mistress: Rosemary Burrows
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Les Bowie
Title Backgrounds Drawn By: Charles Addams
DESIGN AND SET
CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Bernard Robinson
MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Pauline Wise
LOCATIONS
Locations: Bray Studios, Berkshire, England, UK; The
Embankment, London, UK; Oakley Court, England, UK
CAST
Tom Poston [Tom Penderel]
Robert Morley [Roderick Femm]
Janette Scott [Cecily Femm]
Joyce Grenfell [Agatha Femm]
Mervyn Johns [Potiphar Femm]
Fenella Fielding [Morgana Femm]
Peter Bull [Casper Femm / Jasper Femm]
Danny Green [Morgan Femm]
John Harvey [club receptionist]
Amy Dalby [woman gambler - uncredited]
SUMMARY
Tom Penderel is asked by
his flat mate to deliver a car to his ancestral home,
Femm Hall on Dartmoor and meets the eccentric Femm
family. He soon realises that a vast inheritance has been
left to the house itself and the family must remain in
the house each night until midnight to claim their share
of the fortune. Before long, the bodies are starting to
pile up...
AVAILABILITY
UK
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia Pictures [on a double
bill with Big Deal At Dodge City]
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia Pictures
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Finland
Rating: K-16
UK
Rating: A
USA
Rating: PG
TIMELINE
1962
May
14: UK - principal photography begins
June
Day Unknown: UK - principal photography begins
1963
October
31: USA - theatrical release
1966
September
16: UK - theatrical premiere
POSTER TAGS
The murder mystery with a difference: YOU
DIE LAUGHING
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Das Alte finstere Haus -
German title
Il castello maledetto - Italian title
LINKS
SEE ALSO
The Old Dark House [1932]
Saturday the 14th [1981]
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
British National Film Catalogue vol.3
[1965] [UK]
credits, synopsis
Daily Cinema no.9260 [24
August 1966] p.8 [UK]
review
Film Daily vol.123 no.78
[22 October 1963] p.4 [USA]
review
Hollywood Reporter vol.177
no.31 [22 October 1963] p.3 [USA]
review
The House That Hammer Built no.4
[August 1997] pp.176-178 [UK]
illustrated credits, synopsis, review
Kine Weekly no.3073 [25
August 1966] p.10
review
Monthly Film Bulletin vol.33
no.393 [October 1966] p.155 [UK]
credits, synopsis, review
Motion Picture Herald vol.230
no.11 [30 October 1963] p.923 [USA]
review
Variety 23 October 1963
[USA]
credits, review
KEYWORDS
book into film
Last Updated:
6 March, 2007
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