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Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed ()

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Baron Frankenstein, with the aid of a young doctor and his fiancée, kidnaps the mentally sick Dr. Brandt in order to perform the first brain transplant operation.
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Baron Frankenstein
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Anna Spengler
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Professor Richter
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Karl
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Inspector Frisch
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Ella Brandt
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Doctor Brandt
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Police Doctor
Colette O'Neil ...
Mad Woman
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Guest - Plumber
George Belbin ...
Guest - Playing chess
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Guest - Smoking pipe
Michael Gover ...
Guest - Reading newspaper
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Principal
Jim Collier ...
Dr. Heidecke
Allan Surtees ...
Police Sergeant
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Police Sergeant
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Jack Armstrong ...
Reporter (uncredited)
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Woman in Street (uncredited)
Timothy Davies ...
Policeman (uncredited)
Robert Davis ...
Official (uncredited)
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Villager (uncredited)
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Passer-By (uncredited)
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Mortuary Attendant (uncredited)
Michael Goldie ...
Warder (uncredited)
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Burglar (uncredited)
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Journalist (uncredited)
Edward Higgins ...
Water Board Workman (uncredited)
Arthur Howell ...
Body in Glass Case (uncredited)
Elizabeth Morgan ...
Christina (uncredited)
Daphne Oxenford ...
Lady In Garden (uncredited)
Dorothy Smith ...
Anna's Neighbour (uncredited)
Meadows White ...
Nightwatchman (uncredited)

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Terence Fisher

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Bert Batt ... (screenplay)
 
Anthony Nelson Keys ... (from an original story by) and
Bert Batt ... (from an original story by)
 
Mary Shelley ... (character: Frankenstein) (uncredited)

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Anthony Nelson Keys ... producer

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James Bernard

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Arthur Grant ... director of photography

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Gordon Hales

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Irene Lamb

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Bernard Robinson ... supervising art director

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Eddie Knight ... make-up
Pat McDermott ... hair stylist

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Christopher Neame ... production manager

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Bert Batt ... assistant director
Bill Westley ... second assistant director (uncredited)

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Arthur Banks ... construction manager
Michael Finlay ... painter (uncredited)

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A.W. Lumkin ... sound supervisor (as Tony Lumkin)
Don Ranasinghe ... sound editor
Ken Rawkins ... sound recordist
Harry Fairbairn ... boom operator (uncredited)

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Peter Diamond ... stunts (uncredited)
Terence Maidment ... stunts (uncredited)

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Neil Binney ... camera operator
Derek Suter ... electrician (uncredited)

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Rosemary Burrows ... wardrobe supervisor
Lotte Slattery ... wardrobe mistress (as Lottie Slattery)

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Philip Martell ... musical director

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Doreen Dearnaley ... continuity (as Doreen Dearnalen)
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Plot Summary

Baron Frankenstein travels to a new town to meet Dr. Brandt with whom his has been corresponding and with whom he had hoped to collaborate. He arrives however to learn that Brandt is in a mental institution, having lost his mind completely. He takes a room in a boarding house run by the pretty young Anna who just happens to be engaged to Karl, a doctor who works at the asylum where Dr. Brandt is being kept. When Frankenstein learns that Karl has been stealing drugs, he blackmails him and Anna to work as his assistants. He is desperate to learn a secret that Brandt was going to share with him and kidnaps him with the intent of extracting that secret by transplanting his brain into another body. Written by garykmcd

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Taglines The Most Frightening Frankenstein Movie Ever! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Le Retour de Frankenstein (France)
  • Frankenstein muß sterben! (Germany)
  • El cerebro de Frankenstein (Spain)
  • Frankenstein muß sterben! (West Germany)
  • O Barão Frankenstein (Portugal)
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  • 101 min
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Trivia This film marks the return of director Terence Fisher after an extended absence from Hammer productions, as his films were considered too slow and emotional by this point. Fisher has mentioned in multiple interviews (and by his daughter's admittance), that this film was his personal favourite to make, along with Horror of Dracula (1958). After directing this film and The Devil Rides Out (1968), Fisher would once again be out of the picture for a while due to several car accidents. His final Hammer film was Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974). See more »
Goofs A crew member is visible just after the water-pipe bursts, about one hour into the movie. As Frankenstein enters the house and walks down the hallway, the camera pans across to the left, and as it does so, someone is seen disappearing quickly behind the doorway to get out of shot. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1978). See more »
Quotes Baron Frankenstein: Had man not been given to invention and experiment, then tonight, sir, you would have eaten your dinner in a cave. You would've strewn the bones about the floor then wiped your fingers on a coat of animal skin. In fact, your lapels do look a bit greasy. Good night.
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