The Black Castle

11/20/19521h 22m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Terror Stalks Its Turreted Battlements... and Horror Crawls the Catacombs Beneath! ~

Overview:

A man investigates the disappearance of two of his friends who were the guests of a sinister Austrian count.

Director:

Nathan Juran

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

arranged marriage
alligator
castle
leopard
buried alive
sword fight
murder
vienna, austria
hunting
missing person
eye patch
18th century
told in flashback
wife murder
poisoning
catalepsy

Cast

Richard Greene

~ as ~

Sir Ronald Burton / Richard Beckett

Boris Karloff

~ as ~

Dr. Meissen

Stephen McNally

~ as ~

Count Karl von Bruno

Rita Corday

~ as ~

Countess Elga von Bruno

Lon Chaney Jr.

~ as ~

Gargon

John Hoyt

~ as ~

Count Steiken

Michael Pate

~ as ~

Count Ernst von Melcher

Nancy Valentine

~ as ~

Therese von Wilk

Tudor Owen

~ as ~

Romley

Henry Corden

~ as ~

Fender

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
6
Richard Greene is "Richard Beckett" who arrives at the aptly named castle of eye-patch wearing Austrian count "von Bruno" (a suitably hammy Stephen McNally) to find out what has happened to two of his friends who have gone missing. Once there, he finds himself involved in some intrigues with his host - and his glamorous wife "Elga" (Rita Corday) that pits the two in a battle of wits and for survival. Lon Chaney Jr. features as the count's rather dim-witted henchman "Gargon" and there a few scene-stealing appearances from Boris Karloff as "Dr. Meissen", the well meaning castle physician. Don't expect a horror film, aside from a pool full of hungry of alligators and some medieval instruments of torture, there isn't any - this is just a straight historical drama/romance that pitches good against evil with some sword fighting, good old fashioned treachery and a damsel, frequently, in distress. It isn't Nathan Juran's best - but it's a perfectly competent little adventure yarn to while away 80 minutes.