Thursday, July 09, 2009

July 9th
The Ghoul**
GB 1933. Gaumont British. 79m. bw

A dying Eqyptologist believes in the afterlife with a valuable gemstone, which others are also after.
Stilted, slightly eccentric but very watchable British horror with some memorable moments in the Frankenstein tradition, and a brilliant cast.

Written by: Leonard Hines, L. Du Garde Peach, Roland Pertwee, John Hastings Turner, Rupert Downey, Frank King, from his novel.
Producer: Michael Balcon.
Director: T. Hayes Hunter.
Starring: Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger, Dorothy Hyson, Anthony Bushell, Kathleen Harrison, Harold Houth, D.A. Clarke-Smith, Ralph Richardson, George Relph.
Photography: Gunther Krampf.
Music: Louis Levy.

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