Twice-Told Tales

Sep 1, 1963

2h 0m

★ 6.2

A trio of terror!

Overview

3 horror stories based on the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. In the 1st story titled "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment", Heidegger attempts to restore the youth of three elderly friends. In "Rappaccini's Daughter", a demented father is innoculating his daughter with poison so she may never leave her garden of poisonous plants. In the final story "The House of the Seven Gables", The Pyncheon family suffers from a hundred year old curse and while in the midst of arguing over inheritance, a stranger arrives.

Genres

Horror

Fantasy

Science Fiction

Production Companies

Robert E. Kent Productions

United Artists

Twice-Told Tales Trailers

Cast

Alex Medbourne / Dr. Giacomo Rappaccini / Gerald Pyncheon

Vincent Price

Dr. Carl Heidegger

Sebastian Cabot

Giovanni Guasconti

Brett Halsey

Alice Pyncheon

Beverly Garland

Jonathan Maulle

Richard Denning

Sylvia Ward

Mari Blanchard

Prof. Pietro Baglioni

Abraham Sofaer

Hannah Pyncheon, Gerald's Sister

Jacqueline deWit

Beatrice Rappaccini

Joyce Taylor

Lisabetta, the landlady

Edith Evanson

Ghost of Matthew Maulle

Floyd Simmons

Cabman

Gene Roth

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