Twice-Told Tales (1963)

09/01/1963 (US) • 2h

Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction

A trio of terror!

Overview

3 horror stories based on the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. In the 1st story titled "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment", Heidegger attempts to restore the youth of three elderly friends. In "Rappaccini's Daughter", a demented father is innoculating his daughter with poison so she may never leave her garden of poisonous plants. In the final story "The House of the Seven Gables", The Pyncheon family suffers from a hundred year old curse and while in the midst of arguing over inheritance, a stranger arrives.

Top Billed Cast

Vincent Price

Alex Medbourne / Dr. Giacomo Rappaccini / Gerald Pyncheon

Sebastian Cabot

Dr. Carl Heidegger

Brett Halsey

Giovanni Guasconti

Beverly Garland

Alice Pyncheon

Richard Denning

Jonathan Maulle

Mari Blanchard

Sylvia Ward

Abraham Sofaer

Prof. Pietro Baglioni

Jacqueline deWit

Hannah Pyncheon, Gerald's Sister

Joyce Taylor

Beatrice Rappaccini


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

experiment

based on novel or book

poison

haunted house

anthology

friends

curse

mad doctor

tomb

family curse

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