USA, 1909
779 feet/237 metres
black and white, 1.33:1
silent
An American horror film directed by D.W. Griffith and based on the short story The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe.
Credits
Crew
Director: D.W. Griffith
Biograph Company
Script: Frank E. Woods
Based on the short story The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
Director of Photography: Billy Bitzer
Cast
Henry B. Walthall
Arthur Johnson
Marion Leonard
George Nichols
William J. Butler
Mary Pickford
George Siegmann
References
Periodicals
- The Bioscope no.156 (7 October 1909) p.96 – review
- The Bioscope vol.14 no.277 (1 February 1912) p.xxv – review
- Classic Images no.244 (October 1995) p.C24 – review (Video tape reviews by John DeBartolo)
Books
- The Edgar Allan Poe Scrapbook edited by Peter Haining p.189 – illustrated article (Pictures of Poe: A Survey of the Silent Film Era 1909-1929 by Denis Gifford)
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.424 – credits
