A special sideshow torture exhibit has the power, according to showman Dr. Diabolo (Burgess Meredith), to warn people of evil in their futures. One by one, skeptical customers are shown the greed and violence they’re hiding behind their respectable façades.
Production Details
An Amicus Production
Produced at Shepperton Studios
93 Mins
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Hammer Connections
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Hidden | Death | Age | Hammer Productions |
Art Direction | Scott Slimon | 52 | 7 Aug 1915 | 1 Jan 1980 | 64 | 1 | |
Art Direction | Don Mingaye | 38 | 31 Dec 1928 | 8 Nov 2017 | 88 | 40 | |
Camera Operator | David Harcourt | 3 | |||||
Composer: Additional Music | Philip Martell | 60 | 5 Oct 1907 | 11 Aug 1993 | 85 | 105 | |
Conductor | Philip Martell | 60 | 5 Oct 1907 | 11 Aug 1993 | 85 | 105 | |
Director | Freddie Francis | 49 | 21 Dec 1917 | 17 Mar 2007 | 89 | 6 | |
Director Of Photography | Norman Warwick | 47 | 13 Jul 1920 | 26 Aug 1994 | 74 | 5 | |
Make-Up Artist | Jill Carpenter | 2 | |||||
Music | Don Banks | 44 | 24 Oct 1923 | 5 Sep 1980 | 56 | 9 | |
Music | James Bernard | 42 | 19 Sep 1925 | 12 Jul 2001 | 75 | 24 | |
Screenplay | Robert Bloch | 50 | 4 Apr 1917 | 23 Sep 1994 | 77 | 2 | |
Set Dresser | Andrew Low | 4 | |||||
Sound Recordist | Ken Rawkins | 49 | 31 Dec 1917 | 1 Jan 1971 | 53 | 18 | |
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Hidden | Death | Age | Hammer Productions |
Atropos - Goddess Of Destiny | Clytie Jessop | 38 | 31 Dec 1928 | 9 Apr 2017 | 88 | 1 | |
Dorothy Endicott | Barbara Ewing | 28 | 14 Jan 1939 | 14.01.1939 | 85 | 1 | |
Dr. Heim | Bernard Kay | 39 | 22 Feb 1928 | 25 Dec 2014 | 86 | 1 | |
Dr. Silversmith | Niall MacGinnis | 54 | 28 Mar 1913 | 6 Jan 1977 | 63 | 3 | |
Eddie Storm | John Phillips | 53 | 19 Jul 1914 | 11 May 1995 | 80 | 1 | |
Fairground Barker | Timothy Bateson | 41 | 2 Apr 1926 | 15 Sep 2009 | 83 | 3 | |
Fred | James Copeland | 49 | 30 Apr 1918 | 17 Apr 2002 | 83 | 1 | |
Gordon Roberts | Michael Ripper | 54 | 26 Jan 1913 | 28 Jun 2000 | 87 | 36 | |
Lancelot Canning | Peter Cushing | 54 | 23 May 1913 | 11 Aug 1994 | 81 | 25 | |
Mike Charles | David Bauer | 50 | 5 Mar 1917 | 8 Feb 1973 | 55 | 1 | |
Nurse Parker | Catherine Finn | 1 | |||||
Ronald Wyatt | Jack Palance | 47 | 18 Feb 1920 | 10 Nov 2006 | 86 | 1 | |
Tramp | Barry Lowe | 42 | 31 Dec 1924 | 12 Nov 2011 | 86 | 8 | |
Uncle Roger | Maurice Denham | 57 | 22 Dec 1909 | 24 Jul 2002 | 92 | 4 |
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Footnotes
“Columbia Pictures” financed this movie and insisted that two American actors be cast. Therefore, the initial casting of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee was changed to that of Jack Palance (Ronald Wyatt) and Burgess Meredith (Dr. Diabolo), with Peter Cushing being cast as Lancelot Canning.