The Abominable Dr. Phibes

May 18, 1971

1h 34m

★ 6.9

Love means never having to say you're ugly.

Overview

After a team of surgeons botches his beloved wife's operation, the distraught Dr. Phibes unleashes a score of Old-Testament atrocities on his enemies.

Genres

Horror

Comedy

Production Companies

Amicus Productions

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Cast

Dr. Anton Phibes

Vincent Price

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Joseph Cotten

Rabbi

Hugh Griffith

Dr. Longstreet

Terry-Thomas

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Virginia North

Inspector Trout

Peter Jeffrey

Crow

Derek Godfrey

Sgt. Schenley

Norman Jones

Superintendent Waverley

John Cater

Goldsmith

Aubrey Woods

Darrow

John Laurie

Dr. Whitcombe

Maurice Kaufmann

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