Synopsis
Nineteenth-century English author James Rankin (Boris Karloff) believes that the wrong man was hanged twenty years earlier for a series of murders, but his investigations lead him to a horrible and, for him, gruesomely inescapable secret.
Cast
| James Rankin | Boris Karloff |
| Cora Seth | Jean Kent |
| Barbara Rankin | Elizabeth Allan |
| Superintendent Burk | Anthony Dawson |
| Pearl | Vera Day |
| Dr. Kenneth McColl | Tim Turner |
| Lily Rankin | Diane Aubrey |
Credits
| Director | Robert Day |
| Producer | John Croydon |
| Executive producer | Richard Gordon |
| Screenplay | John C. Cooper and Jan Read |
| Original story | Jan Read |
| Music | Buxton Orr |
| Conducted by | Frederic Lewis |
| Lighting cameraman | Lionel Banes |
| Editing | Peter Mayhew |
| Set designer | John Elphick |
| Special effects | Les Bowie |
Disc Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Audio commentary by Richard Gordon and writer Tom Weaver, with additional comments from Alex Gordon
- New video interviews with director Robert Day, screenwriter Jan Read, and costars Jean Kent and Vera Day
- Deleted scenes
- Original theatrical trailers and radio spots
- Stills galleries featuring production and publicity photographs
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: A booklet featuring Fangoria’s 1984 interview with producer John Croydon about Karloff, and a new essay by Maitland McDonagh
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