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The Old Dark House (1963)
Country of Origin: USA/UK
Year of Production: 1962
Running Times: 76m (UK - A rated version)/83m (UK -
18 rated version)/86m
Length:
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: 35mm
Ratio:
Sound: mono
DIRECTION
Directed by: William Castle
CREW
PRODUCTION
Copyright: © MCMLXII [1962] Columbia Pictures Corporation
Production Company: Columbia Pictures Corporation presents a William
Castle - Hammer production
Produced by: William Castle
Associate Producer: Donna Holloway
Production Manager: John Draper
SCRIPT
Screenplay by: Robert Dillon
Based on "The Old Dark House" by J.B. Priestley
DIRECTION
Assistant Director: Douglas Hermes
Continuity: Pauline Wise
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Arthur Grant
Camera Operator: Moray Grant
Labs: Technicolor (uncredited)
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Supervising Editor: James Needs
MUSIC
Music Composed and Conducted by: Benjamin Frankel
SOUND
Sound Recordist: Jock May
Sound Editor: James Groom
RCA Sound Recording
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Wardrobe Supervisor: Molly Arbuthnot
Wardrobe Mistress: Rosemary Burrows
Make-Up Artist: Roy Ashton
Hair Stylist: Frieda Steiger
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Les Bowie
TITLES AND OPTICALS
Drawn by: Charles Addams
Title Backgrounds © Charles Addams
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Bernard Robinson
LOCATIONS
Produced at Bray Studios, England
Locations: The Embankment, London, UK; Oakley Court, England, UK
CAST
Starring
Tom Poston (Tom Penderel)
Also Starring
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)
UNCREDITED CAST
Amy Dalby (woman gambler)
PLOT 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
Alte finstere Haus, Das - German title
Castello maledetto, Il- Italian title
LINKS
SEE ALSO
Old Dark House, The (1932)
Saturday the 14th
(1981)
REFERENCES
PERIODICALS
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
OTHER SOURCES
screen
credits
KEYWORDS
films based on
books, old
dark houses
Last Updated:
20 May, 2009
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