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As Blood-Chilling As Being Buried Alive!

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.

1h 12m1958TMDb 6.0

HorrorThrillerMystery

English

Crew and Cast

William CastleWilliam CastleDirectorWilliam PrinceWilliam PrinceDr. Rodney BarrettJacqueline ScottJacqueline ScottNurse Polly BaronJim BackusJim BackusSheriff Jim Tyloe
Jonathan KiddEd Quigley · morticianEllen CorbyEllen CorbyMiss KushinsPhilip TongePhilip TongeJode WetherbySusan MorrowSusan MorrowSylvia StevensonChristine WhiteChristine WhiteNancy WetherbyRobert ColbertRobert ColbertNick · chauffeurDorothy MorrisDorothy MorrisAlice Wetherby Barrett
Howard HoffmanHummel · cemetery caretaker
Voltaire PerkinsPreacher
Linda GudermanMarge Barrett

Storyline

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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Info

Status
Released
Released
1 October 1958
Runtime
1h 12m
TMDB score
6.0 / 10 (48 votes)

Production

Director
William Castle
Writers
Robb White, Theo Durrant
Studios
William Castle Productions
Countries
United States of America

Box Office

Budget
$90,000.0
Revenue
$5.0M
Profit
$4.9M
Return
55.6×

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English