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19581h 12mEnglish

Macabre

As Blood-Chilling As Being Buried Alive!

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After his wife and her blind sister have died under his care, a doctor's young daughter is kidnapped and reported as buried alive, leaving him with mere hours to find and rescue her.

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DirectorWilliam Castle

Keywords

daughterrace against timemotherbased on novel or booknursegreedinvestigationfatherburied alivesisterchild in perilmurderinheritancedoctorcorpsehousekeeperanonymous telephone callmortuaryblindnessgraveyardsmall town sheriffchild kidnappingcorpse in coffinmissing daughterphilanderersearch for daughterloss of familyfamily vaultsuspicious doctormystery villainsmall town americatwist endingdaughter of wealthy mannegligent doctor
Budget$90K
Box Office$5M

Cast

William Prince as Dr. Rodney Barrett

William Prince

Dr. Rodney Barrett

Jacqueline Scott as Nurse Polly Baron

Jacqueline Scott

Nurse Polly Baron

Jim Backus as Sheriff Jim Tyloe

Jim Backus

Sheriff Jim Tyloe

Jonathan Kidd as Ed Quigley, mortician

Jonathan Kidd

Ed Quigley, mortician

Ellen Corby as Miss Kushins

Ellen Corby

Miss Kushins

Philip Tonge as Jode Wetherby

Philip Tonge

Jode Wetherby

Susan Morrow as Sylvia Stevenson

Susan Morrow

Sylvia Stevenson

Christine White as Nancy Wetherby

Christine White

Nancy Wetherby

Robert Colbert as Nick, chauffeur

Robert Colbert

Nick, chauffeur

Dorothy Morris as Alice Wetherby Barrett

Dorothy Morris

Alice Wetherby Barrett