Frankenstein 1970 (1958)
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This is one of the more off-beat entries into the Frankenstein sub-genre, in that it features the original Creature, Boris Karloff (who really hams it up) playing the disfigured grandson of the famed mad baron in a style that combines gothic horror with the awe and fear created by the newly dawned atomic age. The story begins in the title year and finds Victor the III living in the ancestral castle and strapped for the cash he needs to resurrect his grandfather's experiments. He needs a fortune because this time he wants to use atomic power to bring the monster to life. To scare up the needed cash, he lets a television crew come to his famous digs to shoot a show. He ends up getting a lot more than money from the cast and crew and eventually he succeeds in creating a brand-new Creature. Unfortunately, the monster proves to be as volatile as his predecessors, and tragedy for both master and creature ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Boris Karloff - Baron Victor von Frankenstein
- Jana Lund - Carolyn Hayes
- Charlotte Austin - Judy Stevens
- Rudolph Anders - Wilhelm Gottfried
- Norbert Schiller - Shuter
- Tom Duggan - Mike Shaw
- Don "Red" Barry - Douglas Row
- Irwin Berke - Inspector Raab
- John Dennis - Morgan Haley
- Mike Lane - Hans
- Director(s):
- Howard W. Koch
- Writer(s):
- Richard Landau, Aubrey Schenk, George Worthing Yates
- Producer(s):
- Aubrey Schenk
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