The Black Castle
Terror Stalks Its Turreted Battlements... and Horror Crawls the Catacombs Beneath!
1952 | 82m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | Nathan Juran |
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| Writer: | Jerry Sackheim |
| Staring: |
| A Man investigates the disappearance of two of his friends who were the guests of a sinister Austrian count. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 20, 1952 |
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| Director: | Nathan Juran |
| Writer: | Jerry Sackheim |
| Genres: | Horror, Mystery |
| Keywords | arranged marriage, castle, alligator, leopard, buried alive, sword fight, murder, vienna, austria, hunting, missing person, eye patch, 18th century, told in flashback, wife murder, poisoning, catalepsy |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures, Universal International Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Richard Greene | Sir Ronald Burton / Richard Beckett |
| Boris Karloff | Dr. Meissen |
| Stephen McNally | Count Karl von Bruno |
| Rita Corday | Countess Elga von Bruno |
| Lon Chaney Jr. | Gargon |
| John Hoyt | Count Steiken |
| Michael Pate | Count Ernst von Melcher |
| Nancy Valentine | Therese von Wilk |
| Tudor Owen | Romley |
| Henry Corden | Fender |
| Otto Waldis | Innkeeper Krantz |
| Roy Engel | Burgher |
| Leslie Denison | Sir David Layton (uncredited) |
| Bernard Szold | Koppich (uncredited) |
| Jack Perrin | Hunter (uncredited) |
| Forrest Burns | Guard (uncredited) |
| Chuck Hamilton | Guard (uncredited) |
| John Roy | Guard (uncredited) |
| Victor Romito | Guard (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Nathan Juran | Director |
| Jerry Sackheim | Screenplay, Story |
| Irving Glassberg | Director of Photography |
| Russell F. Schoengarth | Editor |
| Bernard Herzbrun | Art Direction |
| Alfred Sweeney | Art Direction |
| Joan St. Oegger | Hairstylist |
| Joseph Gershenson | Music Director |
| Oliver Emert | Set Decoration |
| Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| Hans J. Salter | Music |
| Paul Sawtell | Music |
| Charles Previn | Music |
| Milton Rosen | Music |
| Ray Romero | Makeup Artist |
| Leslie I. Carey | Sound |
| Joe Lapis | Sound |
| David S. Horsley | Visual Effects |
| William Holland | Assistant Director |
| Bud Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| William Lava | Music |
| Frank Skinner | Music |
| Paul Dessau | Music |
| Name | Title |
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| William Alland | Producer |
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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 hos ... t - 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.