USA, 1960
80m
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono, English
An American science fiction/horror film directed by William Cameron Menzies.
Plot Summary
A man breaks off his engagement and moves to his uncle’s castle in the Scottish highlands. His fiance Kitty and her aunt come looking for him only to find that he has mysteriously aged and something in the maze made next to the castle is the cause.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: William Cameron Menzies
Allied Artists Pictures, Monogram Pictures Corporation
Executive Producer: Walter Mirisch
Producer: Richard V. Heermance
Production Manager: Allen K. Wood
Written for the Screen by: Dan Ullman
Novel: The Maze by Maurice Sandoz
Assistant Director: Austen Jewell
Continuity: Ilona Vas
Director of Photography: Harry Neumann
Editor: John Fuller)
Music: Marlin Skiles
Music Editor: Eve Newman
Sound: Charles Cooper
Western Electric Recording
Special Effects: Augie Lohman
Production Designer: William Cameron Menzies
Art Director: David Milton
Set Decorator: Robert Priestley
Technical Advisor: Maurice Davidson
Cast
Richard Carlson (Gerald MacTeam)
Veronica Hurst (Kitty Murray)
Katherine Emery (Edith Murray)
Michael Pate (William)
John Dodsworth (Dr. Bert Dilling)
Hillary Brooke (Peggy Lord)
Stanley Fraser (Robert)
Lillian Bond (Margaret Dilling)
Owen McGiveney (Simon)
Robin Hughes (Richard Roblar)
Alternative Titles
Il labirinto – Italian title
Nyhta gemati agonia – Greek title
O Terror da Torre – Brazilian title
References
Periodicals
Filmfax no.106 (April/June 2005) pp.54-61, 128-130 – illustrated article (The Magic of Menzies by Vincent Di Fate)
Psychoholics Unanimous no.54 (2001) p.16 – review (by Paula Powers)
Books
Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction by Phil Hardy (ed) p.140
Horror and Science Fiction Films IV by Donald C. Willis p.316
Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.295 – credits
