- The Black Castle
Infobox Film | name = The Black Castle
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director =Nathan H. Juran
producer =William Alland
writer =Jerry Sackheim
starring =Richard Greene
Stephen McNally
music =
stunts =Chuck Hamilton
cinematography =Irving Glassberg
editing =Russel F. Schoengarth
distributor =Universal Pictures
released =
runtime = 82 minutes
language = English
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imdb_id = 0044423"The Black Castle" is a
mystery film , released byUniversal Pictures in 1952. It was produced byWilliam Alland , who would have better success two years later with "Creature from the Black Lagoon ". The film was made in the United States but premiered in Sweden.ynopsis
Richard Greene stars as an English gentleman investigating the disappearance of two friends at the Austrian estate of the sinister Count von Bruno (McNally). Von Bruno secretly seeks revenge against British travellers for his own failures in colonial Africa: Burton's missing friends are among his victims, and Burton is now also in the trap. Burton plans to escape with von Bruno's abused Countess, but the Count's henchmen bar the way.Cast
The cast featured two of Universal's major stars in minor roles:
Boris Karloff andLon Chaney, Jr.
*Stephen McNally - Count Carl von Bruno
*Richard Greene - Sir Ronald Burton
*Rita Corday - Countess Elga von Bruno
*John Hoyt - Count Steiken
*Michael Pate - Count Ernst von Melcher
*Boris Karloff - Dr. Meissen
*Lon Chaney, Jr. -Gargon
*Nancy Valentine - Therese von Wilk
*Tudor Owen - Romley
*Henry Corden - Fender
*Otto Waldis - Krantz the InnkeeperExternal links
*imdb title|0044423
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