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City of the Dead (1960)
Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1960
Running Times: 76m
Length:
Format: 35mm
Format: black and white
Ratio: 1.66:1
Sound: mono
DIRECTION
Directed by: John Llewellyn Moxey
CREW
PRODUCTION
Copyright: © MCMLX [1960] by Vulcan Film Productions
Production Company: Britannia Films present a Vulcan Films production
Distributed by: British Lion Films Ltd. in association with Britannia
Film Distributors Ltd
Executive Producers: Seymour S. Dorner, Milton
Subotsky
Produced by: Donald Taylor
Production Manager: Ben Arbeid
SCRIPT
Screenplay by: George Baxt
Story by: Milton
Subotsky
DIRECTION
Assistant Director: Tom Pevsner
Continuity: Splinters Deason
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Desmond Dickinson
Camera Operator: Jack Atcheler
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: John Pomeroy
MUSIC
Music Composed and Conducted by: Douglas Gamley
Jazz by: Ken Jones
SOUND
Sound Mixer: Richard Bird
Westrex Recording System
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: George Claff
Hairdressing: Barbara Barnard
Wardrobe: Frede Gibson
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Cliff Richardson
TITLES AND OPTICALS
Titles by: Chambers
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: John Blezard
LOCATIONS
Made at: Shepperton Studios, London, England, UK
CAST
Dennis Lotis (Richard Barlow)
Christopher Lee
(Professor Alan Driscoll)
Betta St. John (Patricia Russell)
Patricia Jessel (Elizabeth Selwyn/Mrs Newlis)
with
Valentine Dyall (Jethro Keane)
Norman Macowan (Reverend Russell)
Ann Beach (Lottie)
Tom Naylor (Bill Maitland)
introducing
Venetia Stevenson (Nan Barlow)
Fred Johnson (the elder)
Jimmy Dyrenforth (garage attendant)
Maxine Holden (Sue)
William Abney (detective)
PLOT SUMMARY
A young student, Nan Barlow, travels to the small New England town
of Whitewood to research her thesis on witchcraft. But she hasn't been
there for long before strange things start to happen and it becomes
clear that she's fallen foul of a coven of witches searching for a new
sacrifice.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Theatrical Distributor: Britannia Films
USA
Theatrical Distributors: Trans Lux Inc; BijouFlix Releasing
Video Distributors: Amvest Video; Sinister Cinema; Something Weird Video;
United Video
Laserdisc Distributor: Elite (EE 0818)
DVD Distributor: Elite Entertainment (EE 0819)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Finland
Rating: banned
Norway
Rating: 16
USA
Rating: R
TIMELINE
1961
November
13: Denmark – theatrical release
May
Day Unknown: Norway – theatrical release
1995
June
Day Unknown: Laserdisc release (Elite (EE 0818))
1998
August
12: DVD release (Elite Entertainment (EE 0819))
2003
March
21: USA – television distributor (on BMAN)
POSTER TAGS
300 years old! Human blood keeps them alive forever!
SCREAM With Guests From The "Other World" When You Ring For
DOOM SERVICE!
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Città dei morti, La – Italian
title
Horror Hotel – US title
Stadt der Toten – German title
LINKS
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Curse of the Blair
Witch (1999)
REFERENCES
OTHER SOURCES
screen
credits
KEYWORDS
human sacrifices, inns, professors, resurrection, students, witchcraft,
witch hunts
Last Updated:
16 May, 2009
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