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Curse of the Crimson Altar
“Come face to face with naked fear on the altar of evil!”
Cast
Christopher Lee
J.D. Morley
Boris Karloff
Professor John Marsh
Mark Eden
Robert Manning
Virginia Wetherell
Eve Morley
Barbara Steele
Lavinia Morley
Michael Gough
Elder
Roger Avon
Sergeant Tyson (uncredited)
Michael Warren
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Rosemarie Reede
Esther
Denys Peek
Peter Manning (uncredited)
Ron Pember
Petrol Attendant (uncredited)
Rupert Davies
The Vicar (uncredited)
Derek Tansley
Judge (uncredited)
Nicholas Head
Blacksmith (uncredited)
Nova St. Clair
Girl Chased by Cars
Terry Raven
First Car-Chase Driver
Douglas Mitchell
2nd Car-Chase Driver
Vivienne Carlton
Sacrifice Victim (uncredited)
Nita Lorraine
Woman with whip (uncredited)
Tasma Berenton
Party Girl Being Painted
Synopsis
When his brother disappears, a man visits the remote country house where he was last seen. While the host seems outwardly friendly and his niece more demonstrably so, there's a feeling of menace in the air with the overhanging legend of Lavinia Morley, the Black Witch of Greymarsh.
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