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The Pit and the Pendulum ()

Pit and the Pendulum (original title)
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In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor.
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Nicholas Medina / Sebastian Medina
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Francis Barnard
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Elizabeth Barnard Medina
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Catherine Medina
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Doctor Charles Leon
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Maximillian
Lynette Bernay ...
Maria (as Lynne Bernay)
Larry Turner ...
Nicholas as a Child
Mary Menzies ...
Isabella
Charles Victor ...
Bartolome
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Directed by

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Roger Corman

Written by

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Richard Matheson ... (screenplay)
 
Edgar Allan Poe ... (story "The Pit and the Pendulum")

Produced by

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Samuel Z. Arkoff ... executive producer
Roger Corman ... producer
James H. Nicholson ... executive producer

Music by

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Les Baxter

Cinematography by

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Floyd Crosby ... director of photography

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Anthony Carras

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Daniel Haller

Art Direction by

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Daniel Haller

Set Decoration by

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Harry Reif

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Ted Coodley ... makeup

Production Management

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Robert Agnew ... unit manager
Bartlett A. Carre ... production manager (as Bartlett A. Carré)

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Jack Bohrer ... assistant director
Paul Rapp ... second unit director (uncredited)

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Ross Hahn ... construction coordinator
Tom Matsumoto ... scenic effects
Richard M. Rubin ... properties

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Roy Meadows ... sound recordist
Kay Rose ... sound editor

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Pat Dinga ... special effects

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Donald C. Glouner ... visual effects producer
Ray Mercer ... photographic effects
Albert Whitlock ... matte artist (uncredited)

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Frank Tanner ... still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Marjorie Corso ... wardrobe

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Eve Newman ... music editor
Al Simms ... music coordinator

Script and Continuity Department

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Betty Crosby ... script supervisor (uncredited)

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Samuel Z. Arkoff ... presenter
Jack W. Cash ... production assistant (as Jack Cash)
James H. Nicholson ... presenter
Tamara Asseyev ... production assistant (uncredited)
Reynold Brown ... movie poster art (uncredited)
Joyce Gordon ... voice dubbing: Barbara Steele (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Francis Barnard goes to Spain, when he hears his sister Elizabeth has died. Her husband Nicholas Medina, the son of the brutest torturer of the Spanish Inquisition, tells him she has died of a blood disease, but Francis finds this hard to believe. After some investigating he finds out that it was extreme fear that was fatal to his sister and that she may have been buried alive! Strange things then start to happen in the Medina castle. Written by Leon Wolters

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Also Known As
  • Edgar Allan Poe's Pit and the Pendulum (United States)
  • The Pit and the Pendulum (United States)
  • The Pit and the Pendulum (Canada, English title)
  • Le puits et le pendule (France)
  • La chambre des tortures (France)
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  • 80 min
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Budget $200,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia To increase the pendulum's sense of deadly menace, director Roger Corman took out every other frame during the editing stage making the blade appear to move twice as fast. See more »
Goofs None of the torture instruments that appear were used by the Inquisition, and many of them didn't exist during the time the story is set. One of the most clear examples is the iron maiden, which was invented during the 18th century. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965). See more »
Quotes Don Nicholas Medina: I will tell you where you are. You are about to enter hell, Bartholomew. Hell! The Netherworld. The infernal region. The abode of the damned. The place of torment. Pandemonium. "Abbadon, "Tophet", "Gehenna". "Naraka", the pit! And the pendulum.
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