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The Raven (1963)
Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1963
Running Times: 86 mins
Format: Pathécolor/35mm
Panavision (anamorphic)
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Alta Vista Productions/AIP
Executive Producers: Samuel Z. Arkoff, James H. Nicholson
Producer: Roger Corman
Unit Manager: Robert Agnew
Production Supervisor: Bartlett A. Carre
SCRIPT
Script: Richard Matheson
Poem: Edgar Allan Poe
DIRECTION
Director: Roger Corman
Assistant Director: Jack Bohrer
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Floyd Crosby
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Ronald Sinclair
MUSIC
Music: Les Baxter
Music Coordinator: Al Simms
Orchestrator: Albert Harris
Music Editor: Eve Newman
SOUND
Sound: John Bury Jr
Sound Editor: Gene Corso
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Ted Coodley
Hair: Betty Pedretti
Costume Supervisor: Marjorie Corso SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Pat Dinga, Butler-Glouner Inc
VISUAL EFFECTS
Main Titles: National Screen Service
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer/Art Director: Daniel
Haller
Set Decorator: Harry Reif
Property Master: Karl Brainard
Construction Coordinator: Ross Hahn
OTHER CREW
Production Assistant: Jack W. Cash
Raven Trainer: Moe Di Sesso CAST
Vincent Price (Dr Erasmus Craven)
Peter Lorre (Dr Adolphus Bedlo)
Boris Karloff (Dr
Scarabus)
Hazel Court (Lenore Craven)
Olive Sturgess (Estelle Craven)
Jack Nicholson (Rexford Bedlo)
Connie Wallace (Maid)
William Baskin (Grimes, Craven's servant)
Aaron Saxon (Gort)
PLOT SUMMARY
Dr Craven is the son of a great sorcerer but
has turned his back on the family tradition. But when a raven atrrives
at his house claiming to be the magician Bedlo, transformed by the
evil Scarabus, Craven agrees to help try to restore him and also win
back his wife Lenore who is now living with Scarabus.
AVAILABILITY
Australia
Video Distributor: Roadshow Home Video
USA
Theatrical Distributor: AIP
Video Distributor: Warner Home Video
Laserdisc Distributors: Image Entertainment (IDVL 4021); Image Entertainment
(ID 2628 OR)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Argentina
Rating: Atp
Australia
Rating: PG
Finland
Rating: K-16
Sweden
Rating: 15
USA
Rating: G (1980) TIMELINE
1963
January
25: USA – theatrical release
1964
April
17: Finland – theatrical release
1967
March
6: Denmark – theatrical release
1995
July
5: USA - laserdisc release (Image Entertainment (ID 2628 OR))
POSTER TAGS
The Macabre Masterpiece of Terror!
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Le corbeau - French title
O Corvo - Portugese title
El cuervo – Argentinian/Venezuelan title
Korpen - Swedish title
Korpen i skräckens borg - Swedish TV title
Korppi - Finnish title
Korppi joka kuoli nauruun - Finnish title
Kruk - Polish title
I maghi del terrore - Italian title
Der Rabe - Duell der Zauberer - German title
Ravnen - Danish title
LINKS
SEE ALSO
Elvira's Haunted Hills (2001)
The Raven (1912)
The Raven (1935)
The Wild Raven (1984)
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Creepy Classics (1987)
Madhouse (1974) KEYWORDS
birds; castles; corpses; duels; fire; magic; poem into film; ravens; sorcerers
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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