The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) [NR]

Release Date:
August 12, 1961

Original Title:
The Pit and the Pendulum

Alternate Titles:
A Mansão do Terror
A kút és az inga
Brønden og pendulet
Das Pendel des Todes
Dehset Saati
Dödspendeln
Dødspendelen
Dødspendulet
Edgar Allan Poe's Pit and the Pendulum
El Péndulo de la Muerte
El pozo y el péndulo
El péndulo de la muerte
Fosa şi Pendulul
Het Mysterie van de Dodende Slinger
Il pozzo e il pendolo
Jama i klatno
Kuilu ja heiluri
Kолодец и маятник
La chambre des tortures
La fosa y el péndulo
Njihalo strave
O Fosso e o Pendulo
O Poço e o Pêndulo
The Pit and the Pendulum
Το εκκρεμές της αγωνίας
Бездната и махалото
함정과 진자

Genres:
Horror | Mystery

Production Companies:
Alta Vista Productions
American International Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  IE: G  US: NR 

Runtime: 81

Betrayal cuts both ways!

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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Art Direction:
Daniel Haller

Assistant Director:
Jack Bohrer

Construction Coordinator:
Ross Hahn

Costume Design:
Marjorie Corso

Director:
Roger Corman

Director of Photography:
Floyd Crosby

Editor:
Anthony Carras

Executive Producer:
Samuel Z. Arkoff
James H. Nicholson

Makeup Artist:
Ted Coodley

Matte Painter:
Albert Whitlock

Music Coordinator:
Al Simms

Music Editor:
Eve Newman

Original Music Composer:
Les Baxter

Producer:
Roger Corman

Production Assistant:
Jack W. Cash

Production Design:
Daniel Haller

Production Manager:
Bartlett A. Carré

Property Master:
Richard M. Rubin

Scenic Artist:
Tom Matsumoto

Screenplay:
Richard Matheson

Script Supervisor:
Betty Crosby

Second Unit Director:
Paul Rapp

Set Decoration:
Harry Reif

Short Story:
Edgar Allan Poe

Sound Editor:
Kay Rose

Sound Recordist:
Roy Meadows

Special Effects:
Pat Dinga

Still Photographer:
Frank Tanner

Unit Manager:
Robert Agnew

Visual Effects:
Ray Mercer

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