The Brides of Dracula (1960)
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- Unrated
- 1h 25min
- Horror
- 05 Sep 1960 (USA)
- Movie
Vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing returns to Transylvania to destroy handsome bloodsucker Baron Meinster, who has designs on a beautiful young schoolteacher.
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- 1 nomination.
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Cast verified as complete
Peter Cushing | ... |
Doctor Van Helsing
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Martita Hunt | ... |
Baroness Meinster
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Yvonne Monlaur | ... |
Marianne Danielle
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Freda Jackson | ... |
Greta
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David Peel | ... |
Baron Meinster
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Miles Malleson | ... |
Dr. Tobler
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Henry Oscar | ... |
Herr Lang
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Mona Washbourne | ... |
Frau Lang
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Andree Melly | ... |
Gina
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Victor Brooks | ... |
Hans
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Fred Johnson | ... |
Cure
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Michael Ripper | ... |
Coachman
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Norman Pierce | ... |
Landlord
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Vera Cook | ... |
Landlord's Wife
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Marie Devereux | ... |
Village Girl
(as Marie Deveruex)
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Ted Carroll | ... |
Inn Patron (uncredited)
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Susan Castle | ... |
Elsa (uncredited)
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Jill Haworth | ... |
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
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Walter Henry | ... |
Man in Tavern (uncredited)
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George Mossman | ... |
Coach Driver (uncredited)
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Michael Mulcaster | ... |
The Man in Black (uncredited)
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Harry Pringle | ... |
Karl (uncredited)
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Harold Scott | ... |
Severin (uncredited)
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Stephanie Watts | ... |
Foxy Girl (uncredited)
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Directed by
Terence Fisher | ... | (directed by) |
Written by
Jimmy Sangster | ... | (screenplay by) & |
Peter Bryan | ... | (screenplay by) & |
Edward Percy | ... | (screenplay by) |
Anthony Hinds | ... | () (uncredited) |
Bram Stoker | ... | (based on characters from a novel by) (uncredited) |
Produced by
Michael Carreras | ... | executive producer |
Anthony Hinds | ... | producer (produced by) |
Anthony Nelson Keys | ... | associate producer (as Anthony Nelson-Keys) |
Music by
Malcolm Williamson |
Cinematography by
Jack Asher | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Alfred Cox |
Editorial Department
James Needs | ... | supervising editor |
Casting By
Dorothy Holloway | ... | (uncredited) |
Production Design by
Bernard Robinson |
Art Direction by
Thomas Goswell | ... | (uncredited) |
Makeup Department
Roy Ashton | ... | make-up artist |
Frieda Steiger | ... | hair stylist (as Freda Steiger) |
Production Management
Don Weeks | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John Peverall | ... | assistant director |
Hugh Harlow | ... | second assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Eric Hillier | ... | props buyer (uncredited) |
Don Mingaye | ... | assistant art director (uncredited) |
Tom Money | ... | property master (uncredited) |
Margaret Robinson | ... | model maker (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Jim Groom | ... | sound editor (as James Groom) |
Jock May | ... | sound recordist |
Special Effects by
Sydney Pearson | ... | special effects |
Stunts
Peter Diamond | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Len Harris | ... | camera operator |
Steve Birtles | ... | lighting technician (uncredited) |
Tom Edwards | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Molly Arbuthnot | ... | wardrobe mistress |
Music Department
John Hollingsworth | ... | musical supervisor |
Script and Continuity Department
Tilly Day | ... | continuity |
Additional Crew
Ann Skinner | ... | production secretary (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Rank Film Distributors (1960) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures (1960) (United States) (theatrical) (as Universal-International)
- Empire Universal Films (1960) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Talma Filmes (1960) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Universal Filmverleih (1960) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Universal Film (1968) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Universal Film (1968) (Norway) (theatrical)
- MCA Home Video (1992) (United States) (VHS)
- MCA/Universal Home Video (1993) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2005) (United States) (DVD)
- LW Editora (2008) (Brazil) (DVD)
- Koch Media (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
- Cinema Cult (2015) (Australia) (DVD) (Blu ray)
- Shock (2015) (Australia)
- Universal International Pictures (UI) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures (1961) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Universal (1960) (France) (theatrical)
- MCA/Universal Home Video (United States) (VHS)
- Scream Factory (2020) (United States) (Blu-ray) (Collector's edition)
- i-catcher media (2021) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
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Storyline
Plot Summary |
A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles his mother has put on him. In so doing she innocently unleashes the horrors of the undead once again on the populace, including those at her school for ladies. Luckily for some, Dr Van Helsing is already on his way. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26} |
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Taglines | He Turned Innocent Beauty Into Unspeakable Horror. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Cumulative Worldwide Gross | $337,833 |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Actor David Peel wore lifts in his shoes to make him the same height as actor Peter Cushing in the film. Peel, according to his bio at the time, was 5 foot 10. Cushing was six feet tall. See more » |
Goofs | The risen village girl pushes her arm up through the earth. Subsequent shots show no damage to her coffin lid. Later, Gina makes the padlocks drop from her coffin without unlocking them, revealing the vampire's mystic power to open their sealed coffins from within. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into The Brides of Dracula (2021). See more » |
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Narrator:
Transylvania, land of dark forests, dread mountains and black, unfathomed lakes. Still the home of magic and devilry as the nineteenth century draws to it's close. Count Dracula, monarch of all vampires, is dead, but his disciples live on, to spread the cult and corrupt the world. See more » |