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 Warner Bros (US) |
Release date | 5 May 1965 |
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[]
A man who murders his wife is haunted by her, and eventually goes to his own death.
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 Police Inspector Merkot
References[]
External links[]
- Catacombs at IMDb
- Catacombs at BFI
- Review of film at The New York Times
- Catacombs at the TCM Movie Database
Categories:
- English-language films
- 1965 films
- 1965 horror films
- 1960s supernatural horror films
- British black-and-white films
- British 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
- Uxoricide in fiction
- Films shot at Shepperton Studios
- 1960s British film stubs
- 1960s horror film stubs