Twice-Told Tales

Sidney Salkow
1963-09-01

A trio of terror!
6.192
120 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Vincent Price Alex Medbourne / Dr. Giacomo Rappaccini / Gerald Pyncheon Unowned
Sebastian Cabot Dr. Carl Heidegger Unowned
Brett Halsey Giovanni Guasconti Unowned
Beverly Garland Alice Pyncheon Unowned
Richard Denning Jonathan Maulle Unowned
Mari Blanchard Sylvia Ward Unowned
Abraham Sofaer Prof. Pietro Baglioni Unowned
Jacqueline deWit Hannah Pyncheon, Gerald's Sister Unowned
Joyce Taylor Beatrice Rappaccini Unowned
Edith Evanson Lisabetta, the landlady Unowned
Floyd Simmons Ghost of Matthew Maulle Unowned
Gene Roth Cabman Unowned