The Pit and the Pendulum
Betrayal cuts both ways!
Movie Details
- Title
- The Pit and the Pendulum
- Original Title
- The Pit and the Pendulum
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Tagline
- Betrayal cuts both ways!
- Release Date
- 12 August 1961
- Overview
- Francis Barnard goes to Spain, when he hears his sister Elizabeth has died. Her husband Nicholas Medina, the son of the most brutal torturer of the Spanish Inquisition, tells him she has died of a blood disease, but Francis finds this hard to believe. After some investigating he finds out that it was extreme fear that was fatal to his sister and that she may have been buried alive!
- Director
- Roger Corman
- Actors
- Vincent Price, John Kerr, Luana Anders, Antony Carbone, Patrick Westwood, Lynette Bernay, Mary Menzies, Barbara Steele, Charles Victor
- Writer
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- Author
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- Producer
- Roger Corman
- Director of Photography
- Floyd Crosby
- Original Music Composer
- Les Baxter
- Country
- United States of America
- Languages
- English
- Runtime
- 1 h 20 min
- Production
- Alta Vista Productions, American International Pictures (AIP)
- Budget
- $200,000
- Certification
- PG-13
- Revenue
- $2,000,000
- IMDB
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