The Oblong Box (film)
1969 film by Gordon Hessler
The Oblong Box is a 1969 film about an aristocrat who keeps his disfigured brother locked in a tower of his house, until he escapes and causes havoc around the town.
- Directed by Gordon Hessler. Written by Lawrence Huntington and Christopher Wicking, based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe.
Some things are better left buried. (taglines)
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Dialogue edit
- Trench: Sir Edward. I thought you've been-
- Sir Edward Markham: Buried. Yes. Waking up in that horrible oblong box, no air to breathe, trapped and no escape. Earth raining down on the lid, every shovel full burying you more deeply.
Taglines edit
- For the first time... the classic tale of the restless dead and their unspeakable hungers!
- Edgar Allan Poe's Classic Tale Of The Living Dead!
- Edgar Allan Poe's Horror Classic!
- Some things are better left buried.
Cast edit
- Vincent Price — Julian
- Christopher Lee — Dr. Newhartt
- Rupert Davies — Kemp
- Uta Levka — Heidi
- Sally Geeson — Sally
- Alister Williamson — Edward
- Peter Arne — Trench
- Hilary Dwyer — Elizabeth
- Maxwell Shaw — Hackett
- Carl Rigg — Norton
- Harry Baird — N'Galo
- Godfrey James — Weller
- John Barrie — Franklin
- Ivor Dean — Hawthorne
External links edit
- The Oblong Box quotes at the Internet Movie Database