Tales from the Crypt
Year:
1972
Production Country:
Great Britain
While touring some catacombs five people lose the rest of their party and are ushered into a cavernous vault by a cowled figure who reveals what the future may have in store for each of them. 1. A woman who has just murdered her husband is menaced by a lunatic in a Santa Claus costume. 2. A man, killed in a car crash after having left his wife for his mistress, returns from the dead a year later as a zombie. 3. An old man is driven to suicide, but rises from the dead on the anniversary of his death. 4. In a variation on the story 'The Monkey's Paw', a couple facing bankruptcy are granted three wishes. 5. The insensitive supervisor of a home for the blind is taught a lesson by the inmates.
Cast & credits
Cast
- the crypt keeper Ralph Richardson
- guide Geoffrey Bayldon
- Joanne Clayton [1] Joan Collins
- Richard Clayton, husband [1] Martin Boddey
- Carol Clayton, daughter [1] Chloe Franks
- maniac [1] Oliver Macgreevy
- Carl Maitland [2] Ian Hendry
- wife [2] Susan Denny
- Susan [2] Angela Grant
- Maitland's son [2] Paul Clere
- Maitland's daughter [2] Sharon Clere
- tramp [2] Frank Forsyth
- Arthur Grimsdyke [3] Peter Cushing
- James Elliot [3] Robin Phillips
- Edward Elliot, father [3] David Markham
- Mr Baker, neighbour [3] Robert Hutton
- Mr Ramsay, the detective [3] Edward Evans
- Mrs Phelps [3] Irene Gawne
- Mrs Davies [3] Kay Adrian
- police sergeant [3] Clifford Earl
- vicar [3] Manning Wilson
- postman [3] Dan Caulfield
- Mrs Carter's daughter [3] Melinda Clancy
- Mrs Phelps' son [3] Stafford Medhurst
- Mrs Davies' son [3] Carlos Baker
- [Mrs Carter] [3] Ann Sears
- Ralph Jason [4] Richard Greene
- Gregory [4] Roy Dotrice
- Enid Jason [4] Barbara Murray
- undertaker [4] Peter Thomas
- detective [4] Hedger Wallace
- Major William Rogers [5] Nigel Patrick
- Carter [5] Patrick Magee
- cook [5] Harry Locke
- attendant [5] Tony Wall
- old blind man [5] George Herbert
- [old blind man] [5] Carl Bernard
- [old blind man] [5] Ernest Jennings
- [old blind man] [5] John Barrard
- [old blind man] [5] Chris Cannon
- [old blind man] [5] Hugo De Vernier
- [old blind man] [5] John Louis Mansi
- [old blind man] [5] Bartlett Mullins
- [old blind man] [5] Bert Palmer
- . Peter Frazer
- . Jayne Sofiano
- [radio newscaster] Robert Rietti
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Freddie Francis
- Assistant Director Peter Saunders
- Continuity Penny Daniels
Rights
- ©/Presents Metromedia Producers Corporation
Production
- An Amicus Production Amicus Productions
- Executive Producer Charles Fries
- Produced by Max J. Rosenberg
- Produced by Milton Subotsky
- Production Executive Paul Thompson
- Production Manager Teresa Bolland
- Production Supervisor Art Stolnitz
- Produced at Shepperton Studios
Casting
- Casting Director Ronald Curtis
Writing
- Screenplay by Milton Subotsky
- Based on stories written by Al Feldstein
- Based on stories written by Johnny Craig
- Based on stories written by William M. Gaines
- Stories originally published by William M. Gaines
Photography
- Director of Photography Norman Warwick
- Camera Operator John Harris
Editing
- Editor Teddy Darvas
Design
- Art Director Tony Curtis
- Set Dresser Helen Thomas
Costumes
- Wardrobe Mistress Bridget Sellers
Make-up
- Chief Make Up Roy Ashton
- Chief Hairdresser Joan Carpenter
Film processing
- Processed by Rank Film Laboratories
Music
- Music Composed and Conducted by Douglas Gamley
- Toccata & Fugue in D Minor Johann Sebastian Bach
- Toccata & Fugue in D Minor played by Nicholas Kynaston
Sound
- [Production] Sound Mixer Norman Bolland
- Dubbing Mixer Nolan Roberts
- Sound Editor Pat Foster
Consultant
- Sound System RCA
- 'Shane' [the dog] Trained by Michael Walsh
