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Consult your doctor! Bring your seat belts! - House on Haunted Hill
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Title: House on Haunted Hill

Release Date: 1 Jan 1959

Runtime: 1h 15m

Genre: Horror, Mystery

Director: William Castle Productions, Allied Artists Pictures

Production Companies: William Castle Productions, Allied Artists Pictures

Overview: Frederick Loren has invited five strangers to a party of a lifetime. He is offering each of them $10,000 if they can stay the night in a house. But the house is no ordinary house. This house has a reputation for murder. Frederick offers them each a gun for protection. They all arrived in a hearse and will either leave in it $10,000 richer or leave in it dead!

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.8 (532 votes)

Cast

  • Frederick Loren: Vincent Price
  • Annabelle Loren: Carol Ohmart
  • Lance Schroeder: Richard Long
  • Dr. David Trent: Alan Marshal
  • Nora Manning: Carolyn Craig
  • Watson Pritchard: Elisha Cook Jr.
  • Ruth Bridgers: Julie Mitchum
  • Mrs. Slydes: Leona Anderson
  • Jonas Slydes: Howard Hoffman
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