The Return of the Vampire (1943)
- Starring:
- Bela Lugosi, Frieda Inescort, (more)
- Director(s):
- Lew Landers
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of The Return of the Vampire
He looks like Dracula, talks like Dracula and dresses like Dracula; but since the movie rights to Dracula were controlled by Universal, Bela Lugosi's character name is Armand Tesla in Columbia's Return of the Vampire. Bringing the Old Legend up to date, the film contrives to have the blood-sucking Tesla rise from his coffin when his tomb is blasted open during the London Blitz. Making up for lost time (he's been interred since WW1), Tesla enlists the aid of talking werewolf Andreas (Matt Willis), who brings him provisions and seeks out new victims. The next soft white neck on Tesla's list belongs to the lovely Nicki Saunders (Nina Foch), but not if Lady Jane Ainsley (Frieda Inescort), who knows what the mysterious stranger is really up to, has anything to say about it. Incidentally, the girl playing Tesla's victim in the opening credits is an unbilled Jeanne Bates. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 69 mins
Complete Cast of The Return of the Vampire
- Bela Lugosi - Armand Tesla
- Nina Foch - Nicki Saunders
- Miles Mander - Sir Frederick Fleet
- Ottola Nesmith - Elsa
- Leslie Denison - Lynch
- Jeanne Bates - Frightened woman (uncredited)
- Donald Dewar
- Sherlee Collier
- Frieda Inescort - Lady Jane Ainsley
- Roland Varno - John Ainsley
- Matt Willis - Andreas Obry
- Gilbert Emery - Professor Saunders
- William Austin
- Billy Bevan
- George McKay
- Director(s):
- Lew Landers
- Writer(s):
- Griffin Jay, Randall H. Faye
- Producer(s):
- Sam White
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR(Suitable for Children, Mild Violence)
- Categories:
- Horror
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