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The Oblong Box is a British horror film first released in 1969,
directed by Gordon Hessler.
The film stars Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies and Uta Levka.
It has also been released under the title: Dance, Mephisto.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Gordon Hessler
- Script: Lawrence Huntington, Edgar Allan Poe, Christopher Wicking
- Photo: John Coquillon
- Music: Harry Robertson
- Cast: Vincent Price (Sir Julian Markham), Christopher Lee (Dr. J. Neuhart), Rupert Davies (Joshua Kemp), Uta Levka (Heidi, the prostitute), Sally Geeson (Sally Baxter, Dr. Neuhart’s Maid), Alister Williamson (Sir Edward Markham), Peter Arne (Samuel Trench), Hilary Heath (Elizabeth Markham), Maxwell Shaw (Tom Hackett), Carl Rigg (Mark Norton), Harry Baird (N’Galo), Godfrey James (Weller, Grave Robber), James Mellor (Holt), John Barrie (Franklin), Ivor Dean (Hawthorne), Danny Daniels (The Witch Doctor), Michael Balfour (Ruddock, Markham’s Butler), Hira Talfrey (Martha), John Wentworth (The Parson), Betty Woolfe (Mrs. Hopkins, housekeeper), Martin Terry (Sailor at Graveyard), Anne Clune (Prostitute), Jackie Noble (Prostitute), Ann Barrass (Prostitute), Jan Rossini (Prostitute), Zeph Gladstone (Trench’s Woman), Tara Fernando (Table Dancer), Tony Thawnton (Man in Tavern), Anthony Bailey (Talbot), Richard Cornish (Groom), Colin Jeavons (Village Doctor), Andreas Malandrinos (The Baron (party guest)), Hedgar Wallace (The Major (party guest)), Martin Wyldeck (Village Constable), Sean Barry-Weske (Molester in Tavern)
- Country: UK
- Language: English
- Runtime: 97 min
- Aka: Dance, Mephisto; Edgar Allan Poe’s The Oblong Box
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