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The Pit and the Pendulum

Betrayal cuts both ways!

1961 · 1h 20m

Directed by Roger Corman

6.9

TMDB audience score
410 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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Cast

  • Vincent Price
    Nicholas Medina / Sebastian Medina

  • John Kerr
    Francis Barnard

  • Barbara Steele
    Elizabeth Barnard Medina

  • Luana Anders
    Catherine Medina

  • Antony Carbone
    Doctor Leon

  • Patrick Westwood
    Maximillian

  • Lynette Bernay
    Maria

  • Mary Menzies
    Isabella

  • Charles Victor
    Bartolome

  • Larry Turner
    Young Nicholas

  • Randee Lynne Jensen
    Extra (uncredited)