Film
The Pit and the Pendulum
1961 · 1h 20m · Horror · Mystery · Drama
Betrayal cuts both ways!
- IMDb
- 7.0
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 89%
- Metacritic
- 78
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Overview
In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor.
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Cast
Vincent Price
Nicholas Medina / Sebastian Medina
John Kerr
Francis Barnard
Barbara Steele
Elizabeth Barnard Medina
Luana Anders
Catherine Medina
Antony Carbone
Doctor Leon
Patrick Westwood
Maximillian
Lynette Bernay
Maria
Mary Menzies
Isabella
Charles Victor
Bartolome
Larry Turner
Young Nicholas
Randee Lynne Jensen
Extra (uncredited)
Crew
- Roger CormanProducer · Director
- Richard MathesonScreenplay
- James H. NicholsonExecutive Producer
- Samuel Z. ArkoffExecutive Producer
- Floyd CrosbyDirector of Photography
- Les BaxterOriginal Music Composer
- Anthony CarrasEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- August 12, 1961
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Rated
- 12
- Budget
- $200,000
- Revenue
- $2,000,000
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery, Drama
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