Catacombs (1965 film)
1965 British film by Gordon Hessler From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1965 British film by Gordon Hessler From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Catacombs (U.S. title: The Woman Who Wouldn't Die) is a 1965 British horror film directed by Gordon Hessler and starring Gary Merrill, Georgina Cookson and Jane Merrow.[1][2] The film was based on the 1959 novel of the same title by Jay Bennett.
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| Directed by | Gordon Hessler |
| Screenplay by | Daniel Mainwaring |
| Based on | Catacombs (1959 novel) by Jay Bennett |
| Produced by | Jack Parsons Neil McCallum |
| Starring | Gary Merrill Georgina Cookson Jane Merrow |
| Cinematography | Arthur Lavis |
| Edited by | Robert Winter |
| Music by | Carlo Martelli |
Production companies | Parroch-McCallum Associated Producers International British Lion |
| Distributed by | British Lion Films (United Kingdom) Warner Bros. Pictures (United States) |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
An astute business woman is murdered by her husband who intends to carry on with his affair with her niece after her death. However, he soon finds himself haunted by his late wife.
The film was shot at Shepperton Studios with sets designed by the art director George Provis.
Warner Brothers picked it up for distribution in the US.[3]
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "One would have thought that the days of the murder story with the corpse buried in the potting-shed were long over, but the situation is revived here not entirely without effect. The preliminaries setting the domestic scene are much too long, but after the murder things perk up considerably, with one or two nice macabre effects. The acting is sound enough in general, with a striking performance by Georgina Cookson as the bitchy wife."[4]
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