The Headless Ghost
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| Directed by | Peter Graham Scott |
| Written by | Kenneth Langtry Herman Cohen |
| Produced by | Herman Cohen executive James H. Nicholson Samuel Z. Arkoff |
| Starring | Jack Allen |
| Cinematography | John Wiles |
| Music by | Gerard Schurmann |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures (US) Anglo-Amalgamated (UK) |
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The Headless Ghost is an 1959 British comedy horror film directed by Peter Graham Scott.
Plot
Some teenagers - two American exchange students and a Danish girl - visit an old English castle. They discover a ghost.
Cast
- Richard Lyon - Bill
- Liliane Sottane - Ingrid Joervets
- David Rose - Ronnie
- Jack Allen - The Live Earl of Ambrose
- Clive Revill - The Ghost of the Fourth Earl of Ambrose
- Alexander Archdale - The Ghost of Sir Randolph
- John Stacy - Parker
- Carl Bernard - Sgt. Grayson
Production
Producer Herman Cohen was making Horrors of the Black Museum in England for AIP. James H. Nicholson from AIP requested a second film in order to make a double feature; it had to be made cheaply and in black and white. Cohen:
I told him I'd see what I could come up with. I started thinking, 'What the hell can I do?", and I thought maybe I should do a comedy. So Aben Kandel and I wrote this picture... I got great publicity for using Richard Lyon in one of the leads—Louella Parsons gave us a headline story—because he was Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon's son, who was acting in London. I met him and he needed a job badly, so we hired him. We knocked out that picture very, very fast; that's why the running time is so short, like sixty-five minutes. The director, Peter Graham Scott, was a film editor in London who always wanted to direct, and I needed somebody to do a fast job under my guidance. In fact, we started Headless Ghost as I was still finishing Black Museum, editing and cutting it. But I honestly don't recall too much else about this picture, it was so bad.[1]
The film was shot at the same studio as Horror of the Black Museum with some additional location work at an actual castle.[1]
Release
The film was released in the US on a double bill with Horrors of the Black Museum.[2] Cohen later admitted the film was unfunny and that he "never liked" it.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Attack of the Monster Movie Makers: Herman Cohen, The London Years" By Tom Weaver,, Herman Cohen accessed 8 June 2014
- ^ Gary A. Smith, American International Pictures: The Golden Years, Bear Manor Media 2013 p 105
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