The Most Frightening Frankenstein Movie Ever!
Blackmailing a young couple to assist with his horrific experiments the Baron, desperate for vital medical data, abducts a man from an insane asylum. On route the abductee dies and the Baron and his assistant transplant his brain into a corpse. The creature is tormented by a trapped soul in an alien shell and, after a visit to his wife who violently rejects his monstrous form, the creature wreaks his revenge on the perpetrator of his misery: Baron Frankenstein.
Cast
Peter Cushing
Baron Victor Frankenstein
Veronica Carlson
Anna Spengler
Freddie Jones
Prof. Richter
Simon Ward
Dr. Karl Holst
Thorley Walters
Insp. Fritsch
Maxine Audley
Ella Brandt
George Pravda
Dr. Frederick Brandt
Geoffrey Bayldon
Police Doctor
Colette O'Neil
Mad Woman
Frank Middlemass
Guest - Plumber
George Belbin
Guest - Playing chess
Norman Shelley
Guest - Smoking pipe
Michael Gover
Guest - Reading newspaper
Peter Copley
Principal
Jim Collier
Dr. Heidecke
Allan Surtees
Police Sergeant
Windsor Davies
Police Sergeant
Harry Fielder
Villager (uncredited)
Caron Gardner
Passer-by (uncredited)
Victor Harrington
Journalist (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
Burglar (uncredited)
Timothy Davies
Policeman (uncredited)
Jack Armstrong
Reporter (uncredited)
Elizabeth Morgan
Christina (uncredited)
Dorothy Smith
Anna's Neighbour (uncredited)
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- Release Date 05/22/1969
- Language English
- Director Terence Fisher
- Editor Gordon Hales
- Cinematographer Arthur Grant
- Producer Anthony Nelson Keys
- Company Hammer Film Productions
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | May 22, 1969 | Premiere | 16 |
| SE | May 22, 1969 | Theatrical | 15 |
| United Kingdom | May 22, 1969 | Theatrical | — |
| Germany | Sep 19, 1969 | Theatrical (Warner-Seven Arts) | 16 |
| United States | Feb 11, 1970 | Theatrical | PG-13 |
| Germany | Sep 13, 2024 | Physical (Blu-ray (Anolis Entertainment)) | 16 |
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