The Bloody Judge (1970)
Il trono di fuoco
Horror will hold you helpless!
In 1685 England, an overzealous Lord Chancellor condemns various rebels and "witches" to satisfy his political whims, ignorant of the true consequences of his actions.
- Date of release
- 1970-02-05
- TMDB
- 4.9 / 10 (51)
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Horror
- Director
- Jesús Franco
Casting
- Christopher Lee — Lord George Jeffreys
- Maria Schell — Mother Rosa
- Leo Genn — Lord Wessex
- Hans Hass Jr. — Harry Selton
- Maria Rohm — Mary Gray
- Margaret Lee — Alicia Gray
- Pietro Martellanza — Barnaby (as Peter Martell)
- Howard Vernon — Jack Ketch
- Milo Quesada — Satchel
- Werner Abrolat — Inquisitor Matt (uncredited)
- Diana Lorys — Sally Gaunt (uncredited)
- José Martínez Blanco — Steven Truro (uncredited)
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Portugal
The Bloody Judge is a 1970 horror film directed by Jesús Franco and written by Enrico Colombo, Jesús Franco, Michael Haller, and Anthony Scott Veitch. The film stars Christopher Lee, Maria Schell, Leo Genn, Hans Hass Jr., Maria Rohm, and Margaret Lee. The film was released in Italy on February 5, 1970.
Production
According to Harry Alan Towers' biographer Dave Mann, the collaborations between director Jesús Franco and Towers were fraught with difficulties. Franco explained that Towers liked doing co-productions with others and that the film was going to be an Anglo-American-German-Spanish-French-Italian co-production.
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