Twice-Told Tales

Twice-Told Tales (1963)

A trio of terror!

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.

Date of release
1963-09-01
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (87)
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Director
Sidney Salkow

Casting

  • Vincent Price — Alex Medbourne / Dr. Giacomo Rappaccini / Gerald Pyncheon
  • Sebastian Cabot — Dr. Carl Heidegger
  • Brett Halsey — Giovanni Guasconti
  • Beverly Garland — Alice Pyncheon
  • Richard Denning — Jonathan Maulle
  • Mari Blanchard — Sylvia Ward
  • Abraham Sofaer — Prof. Pietro Baglioni
  • Jacqueline deWit — Hannah Pyncheon, Gerald's Sister
  • Joyce Taylor — Beatrice Rappaccini
  • Edith Evanson — Lisabetta, the landlady
  • Floyd Simmons — Ghost of Matthew Maulle
  • Gene Roth — Cabman

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