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Return Of The Vampire, The
| AKA's: | Regreso Del Vampiro, El / Retour Du Vampire, Le / Ritorno Del Vampiro, Il |
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| Release date: | 1943 USA | Running time: | 69' (cover 69') - Source: VHS NTSC b/w | Rating: | US: NR | ||||
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Director: Lew Landers (Superman 1973; Down Periscope 1953; The Raven 1935) Producer: Columbia Pictures Score: Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco Writer: Griffin Jay / Randall Faye / Kurt Neumann Director of photography: John Stumar / L.William O'Connell |
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| Summary: |
In 1918, Armand Tesla (Bela Lugosi), a 200-year-old Hungarian vampire, prowls the English countryside, feeding
from the jugulars of the villagers. But Tesla's reign of terror is interrupted when a pair of scientists, Lady Jane (Frieda Inescort)
and Sir John Ainsley (Roland Varno), drive a railroad spike through his heart. The "un-dead" Tesla remains safely entombed for
two decades until the impact from a stray Nazi bomb accidently releases him. Along with his werewolf servant, Andreas Obry (
Matt Willis), the resurrected vampire now plots vengeance on the family that put a halt to his nocturnal feasting. | Note: |
- Universal owned the rights to "Dracula", so Columbia had to use the name Armand Tesla instead. |
- The Van Helsing role is played against type by a woman, Lady Jane Ainsley (Frieda Inescort), a proper British doctor. The Renfield role has been given over to a talking werewolf (Matt Willis).
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