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PIT AND THE PENDULUM
by Roger Corman
Country: USA
Year: 1961
Duration: 80'
The second movie Corman based on Poe. The king of indie cinema uses the main feature of the story (the Inquisition’s deadly instrument of torture and death) to construct a plot written by Richard Matheson: suspicion, jealousy, and revenge, led by the raving Nicholas Medina as portrayed by Vincent Price (the only actor to show the flashes of Poe’s humor). Barbara Steele, the unscrupulous noblewoman who comes and goes from her tomb, holds her own against him. It cost 200,000 dollars to make and brought in two million dollars.
Biography
film director
Roger Corman
FILMOGRAFIA
The Little Shop of Horrors (La piccola bottega degli orrori, 1960), Pit and the Pendulum (Il pozzo e il pendolo, 1961), The Raven (I maghi del terrore, 1963), The Terror (La vergine di cera, 1963), The Haunted Palace (La città dei mostri, 1963), X (L’uomo dagli occhi a raggi, 1963), The Masque of the Red Death (La maschera della morte rossa, 1964), The Tomb of Ligeia (La tomba di Ligeia, 1964), The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (Il massacro del giorno di San Valentino, 1967), The Trip (Il serpente di fuoco, 1967), Il clan dei Barker (Bloody Mama, 1970), Von Richthofen and Brown (Il barone rosso, 1971), Frankenstein Unbound (Frankenstein oltre le frontiere del tempo, 1990).
Cast
& Credits
roger corman
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM
Usa, 1961, 80’, col.
regia, produttore/director, producer
Roger Corman
soggetto/story
dall’omonimo racconto di/from the short story of the same title by Edgar Allan Poe
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Richard Matheson
fotografia/cinematography
Floyd Crosby
effetti speciali/special effects
Pat Dinga
montaggio/film editing
Anthony Carras
scenografia/production design
Daniel Haller
musica/music
Les Baxter
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Vincent Price (Nicholas Medina), John Kerr (Francis Barnard), Barbara Steele (Elizabeth Barnard Medina), Luana Anders (Catherine Medina)
produzione/production
Alta Vista Productions
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM
Usa, 1961, 80’, col.
regia, produttore/director, producer
Roger Corman
soggetto/story
dall’omonimo racconto di/from the short story of the same title by Edgar Allan Poe
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Richard Matheson
fotografia/cinematography
Floyd Crosby
effetti speciali/special effects
Pat Dinga
montaggio/film editing
Anthony Carras
scenografia/production design
Daniel Haller
musica/music
Les Baxter
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Vincent Price (Nicholas Medina), John Kerr (Francis Barnard), Barbara Steele (Elizabeth Barnard Medina), Luana Anders (Catherine Medina)
produzione/production
Alta Vista Productions