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Night key: An ingenious inventor of a security system is kidnapped by a gang of burglars and forced to help them commit robberies. Tower of London: King Richard III is sixth in line to the throne and with the aid of his executioner friend treacherously disposes of the five who stand between him and...

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Corporate Author: Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Tupper, Tristram
Moffitt, John C., 1901-1969
Corrigan, Lloyd, 1900-1969
Lee, Robert N. (Robert Nelson), 1890-1964
Lee, Rowland V., 1891-1975
Siodmak, Curt, 1902-2000
Starling, Lynn, 1891-1955
Waggner, George, 1894-1984
Sackheim, Jerry
Richmond, Ted, 1910-2013
Pevney, Joseph
Alland, William, 1916-1997
Juran, Nathan, 1907-2002
Hull, Warren, 1903-1974
Rogers, Jean, 1916-1991
Rathbone, Basil, 1892-1967
Foster, Susanna, 1924-2009
Bey, Turhan, 1922-2012
Laughton, Charles, 1899-1962
Forrest, Sally
Stapley, Richard, 1923-2010
Greene, Richard, 1918-1985
McNally, Stephen, 1913-1994
Corday, Rita, 1920-1992
Chaney, Lon, 1883-1930
Locke, Edward, 1869-1945
Karloff, Boris, 1887-1969
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
Language:English
French
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English, with optional French subtitles.
Closed-captioned.
Published: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2006], ©2006.
Series:Franchise collection.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Inventors > Drama.
Burglars > Drama.
Richard > III, > King of England, > 1452-1485 > Drama.
Medical drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Revenge > Drama.
Horror films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Horror.
Drama.
Richard > III, > King of England, > 1452-1485.
Burglars.
Inventors.
Man-woman relationships.
Revenge.
Genre:
Drama.
Horror films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Horror.
Physical Description:3 videodiscs (421 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Night key: An ingenious inventor of a security system is kidnapped by a gang of burglars and forced to help them commit robberies.
Tower of London: King Richard III is sixth in line to the throne and with the aid of his executioner friend treacherously disposes of the five who stand between him and the crown.
The climax: A mad physician plots to kill an opera singer who reminds him of his mistress whom he murdered.
The strange door: The servant of an evil nobleman plots to free the madman's helpless prisoners but finds himself facing the horrors of the dungeon's deathtrap.
The black castle: An 18th century knight avenges the deaths of two friends who have attended a hunting party at the castle of a sadistic Viennese count.
Note:Title from container.
The climax adapted from the play by Edward Locke.
The strange door is based on Robert Louis Stevenson's story The Sire de Maletroit's door.
DVD release of five films originally produced 1937-1952.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CO3 D0070251 VideoDVD
Audience:
Not rated.
ISBN:1417023899
9781417023899
System Details:DVD ; Region 1 ; full screen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono. ; NTSC.
Cast:
Boris Karloff. Night key: J. Warren Hull, Jean Rogers ; Tower of London: Basil Rathbone; The climax: Susanna Foster, Turhan Bey ; The strange door: Charles Laughton, Sally Forrest, Richard Stapley ; The black castle: Richard Greene, Stephen McNally, Paula Corday, Lon Chaney.