Famous Ghost Stories (1961)
A TV pilot masterminded by B movie auteur Bert I. Gordon and cable production company Herts-Lion International. Vincent Price hosts as a poltergeist introducing the ghost story to follow. It's really an edited version of Gordon's 1960 film Tormented, starring Richard Carlson as a jazz musician haunted by the spirit of an old flame he let fall from a lighthouse.
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A TV pilot masterminded by B movie auteur Bert I. Gordon and cable production company Herts-Lion International. Vincent Price hosts as a poltergeist introducing the ghost story to follow. It's really an edited version of Gordon's 1960 film Tormented, starring Richard Carlson as a jazz musician haunted by the spirit of an old flame he let fall from a lighthouse.
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Genre:Horror, Thriller
Written By:George Worthing Yates, Bert I. Gordon
In Theaters:12/31/1961
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Runtime:75 minutes
Studio:Bert I. Gordon Productions, Herts-Lion International Corp., Cheviot Productions
Cast
Bert I. Gordon
Director
Vincent Price
Poltergeist/Narrator
Richard Carlson
Tom Stewart (segment 'Tormented')
Susan Gordon
Sandy Hubbard (segment 'Tormented')
Lugene Sanders
Meg Hubbard (segment 'Tormented')
Juli Reding
Vi Mason (segment 'Tormented')
Joe Turkel
Nick (segment 'Tormented')
Lillian Adams
Mrs. Ellis (segment 'Tormented')
Gene Roth
Mr. Nelson (segment 'Tormented')
Vera Marshe
Mrs. Hubbard (segment 'Tormented')
Harry Fleer
Frank Hubbard (segment 'Tormented')
Merritt Stone
Clergyman (segment 'Tormented')
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