Twice-Told Tales (1963)
A trio of terror!
120 min
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 inoculating 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.
- Release date
- September 1, 1963
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Vincent Price as Alex Medbourne
- Vincent Price as Dr. Giacomo Rappaccini
- Vincent Price as Gerald Pyncheon
- Sebastian Cabot as Dr. Carl Heidigger (segment: Dr. Heidegger's Experiment)
- Brett Halsey as Giovanni Guasconti (segment: Rappaccini's Daughter)
- Beverly Garland as Alice Pyncheon (segment: The House of the Seven Gables)
- Richard Denning as Jonathan Maulle (segment: The House of the Seven Gables)
- Mari Blanchard as Sylvia Ward (segment: Dr. Heidegger's Experiment)
- Abraham Sofaer as Prof. Pietro Baglioni (segment: Rappaccini's Daughter)
- Jacqueline deWit as Hannah Pyncheon (segment: The House of the Seven Gables)
- Joyce Taylor as Beatrice Rappaccini (segment: Rappaccini's Daughter)
- Edith Evanson as Lisabetta, the landlady (segment: Rappaccini's Daughter)
Crew
- Sidney Salkow · Director
- Nathaniel Hawthorne · Writer
- Robert E. Kent · Writer
- Robert E. Kent · Producer
- Richard LaSalle · Composer
- Ellis W. Carter · Cinematographer
- Grant Whytock · Editor