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The Raven ()

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A magician, who has been turned into a raven, turns to a former sorcerer for help.
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Dr. Erasmus Craven
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Dr. Adolphus Bedlo
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Dr. Scarabus
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Lenore Craven
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Estelle Craven
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Rexford Bedlo
Connie Wallace ...
Maid
William Baskin ...
Grimes
Aaron Saxon ...
Gort
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Grimes (uncredited) (voice)
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Roderick Craven (uncredited)

Directed by

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Roger Corman

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Edgar Allan Poe ... (poem)
 
Richard Matheson ... (screenplay)

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Samuel Z. Arkoff ... executive producer
Roger Corman ... producer
James H. Nicholson ... executive producer

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Les Baxter

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Floyd Crosby ... director of photography

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Ronald Sinclair

Production Design by

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Daniel Haller

Art Direction by

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Daniel Haller

Set Decoration by

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Harry Reif

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Ted Coodley ... makeup artist
Betty Pedretti ... hair stylist

Production Management

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Robert Agnew ... unit manager
Bartlett A. Carre ... production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Jack Bohrer ... assistant director

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Karl Brainard ... property master
Ross Hahn ... construction coordinator

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John L. Bury ... sound (as John Bury Jr.)
Gene Corso ... sound editor
Aldo Ferri ... re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Pat Dinga ... special effects

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Donald C. Glouner ... visual effects producer

Camera and Electrical Department

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Bill Creamer ... still photographer (uncredited)
Harry L. Underwood ... camera operator (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Marjorie Corso ... costume supervisor
Thomas Welsh ... wardrobe (uncredited)

Music Department

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Albert Harris ... orchestrator
Eve Newman ... music editor
Al Simms ... music coordinator
Albert Harris ... composer: additional music (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Jack W. Cash ... production assistant
Moe Di Sesso ... raven trainer
Reynold Brown ... movie poster art (uncredited)
Claude Cohen ... artistic director: french post-synchronized version (uncredited)
Michel Gast ... dubbing director: french post-synchronized version (uncredited)
Jenny Gérard ... artistic director: french post-synchronized version (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

In this tongue-in-cheek movie inspired by Poe's poem, Dr. Craven is the son of a great sorcerer (now dead) who was once himself quite skilled at that profession, but has since abandoned it. One evening, a cowardly fool of a magician named Bedlo comes to Craven for help - the evil Scarabus has turned him into a raven and he needs someone to change him back. He also tells the reluctant wizard that Craven's long-lost wife Lenore, whom he loved greatly and thought dead, is living with the despised Scarabus. Written by Ken Yousten

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Taglines The supreme adventure in terror! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Le corbeau (France)
  • Le corbeau d'Edgar Poe (France)
  • Le corbeau maudit (France)
  • Der Rabe - Duell der Zauberer (Germany)
  • El corb (Spain, Catalan title)
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  • 86 min
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Budget $200,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Peter Lorre and Jack Nicholson were fond of ad-libbing their lines, much to the annoyance of Boris Karloff, who was working from the script. See more »
Goofs During the end battle between the two magicians a member of the film crew can be seen hiding behind the wall of the central fireplace all other characters are on the balcony. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Not of This Earth (1988). See more »
Quotes Dr. Craven: [Opening lines] Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, / Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,/ While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, / As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door./ "'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door. / Only this and nothing more."
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