Catacombs (1965 film)
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Directed by | Gordon Hessler |
Screenplay by | Daniel Mainwaring |
Based on | Catacombs (1959 novel) by Jay Bennett |
Produced by | Jack Parsons Neil McCallum |
Starring | Gary Merrill Georgina Cookson Jane Merrow |
Cinematography | Arthur Lavis |
Edited by | Robert Winter |
Music by | Carlo Martelli |
Production companies | Parroch-McCallum Associated Producers International British Lion |
Distributed by | British Lion Films (United Kingdom) Warner Bros. Pictures (United States) |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Catacombs is a 1965 British horror film directed by Gordon Hessler and starring Gary Merrill, Georgina Cookson and Jane Merrow.[1][2] It was known in the US as The Woman Who Wouldn't Die.
Production
The film was shot at Shepperton Studios with sets designed by the art director George Provis. Warner Brothers picked it up for distribution in the US.[3]
Plot
An astute business woman is murdered by her husband who intends to carry on with his affair with her niece after her death. However, he soon finds himself haunted by his late wife.
Cast
- Gary Merrill as Raymond Garth
- Georgina Cookson as Ellen Garth
- Jane Merrow as Alice Taylor
- Neil McCallum as Richard 'Dick' Corbett
- Rachel Thomas as Christine
- Jack Train as Solicitor
- Frederick Piper as Inspector Murcott
References
External links
- Catacombs at IMDb
- Catacombs at BFI
- Review of film at The New York Times
Categories:
- 1965 films
- 1965 horror films
- 1960s supernatural horror films
- British black-and-white films
- British horror thriller films
- British Lion Films films
- British mystery thriller films
- Films based on American novels
- Films directed by Gordon Hessler
- British supernatural thriller films
- Films about uxoricide
- Films shot at Shepperton Studios
- 1960s English-language films
- 1960s British films
- 1960s British film stubs
- 1960s horror film stubs