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Twice-Told Tales

Twice-Told Tales

A trio of terror!

19636.32h 0m

Overview

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 innoculating 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.

Directed by Sidney Salkow
Written by Robert E. Kent, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Produced by Robert E. Kent
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Top Cast

Vincent Price

Vincent Price

Alex Medbourne / Dr. Giacomo Rappaccini / Gerald Pyncheon

Sebastian Cabot

Sebastian Cabot

Dr. Carl Heidegger

Brett Halsey

Brett Halsey

Giovanni Guasconti

Beverly Garland

Beverly Garland

Alice Pyncheon

Richard Denning

Richard Denning

Jonathan Maulle

Mari Blanchard

Mari Blanchard

Sylvia Ward

Abraham Sofaer

Abraham Sofaer

Prof. Pietro Baglioni

Jacqueline deWit

Jacqueline deWit

Hannah Pyncheon, Gerald's Sister

Joyce Taylor

Joyce Taylor

Beatrice Rappaccini

Edith Evanson

Edith Evanson

Lisabetta, the landlady

Themes & Keywords

experimentbased on novel or bookpoisonhaunted houseanthologyfriendscursemad doctortombfamily curse

About Twice-Told Tales

Twice-Told Tales is a horror, fantasy, science fiction film released in 1963 exploring themes of experiment, based on novel or book, poison, haunted house, anthology, friends. Directed by Sidney Salkow, it stars Vincent Price, Sebastian Cabot, Brett Halsey. 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 innoculating 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.

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