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The Black Castle
Directed by	Nathan H. Juran
Produced by	William Alland
Written by	Jerry Sackheim
Starring	Richard Greene Stephen McNally
Cinematography	Irving Glassberg
Editing by	Russel F. Schoengarth
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	December 15, 1952 December 25, 1952
Running time	82 minutes
Language	English

The Black Castle is a mystery film, released by Universal Pictures in 1952. It was produced by William Alland, who would have better success two years later with Creature from the Black Lagoon. The film was made in the United States but premiered in Sweden.

Synopsis

Richard Greene stars as an English gentleman investigating the disappearance of two friends at the Austrian estate of the sinister Count von Bruno (McNally). Von Bruno secretly seeks revenge against British travellers for his own failures in colonial Africa: Burton's missing friends are among his victims, and Burton is now also in the trap. Burton plans to escape with von Bruno's abused Countess, but the Count's henchmen bar the way.

Cast

The cast featured two of Universal's major stars in minor roles: Boris Karloff and Lon Chaney, Jr.

• Stephen McNally - Count Carl von Bruno
• Richard Greene - Sir Ronald Burton
• Rita Corday - Countess Elga von Bruno
• John Hoyt - Count Steiken
• Michael Pate - Count Ernst von Melcher
• Boris Karloff - Dr. Meissen
• Lon Chaney, Jr. -Gargon
• Nancy Valentine - Therese von Wilk
• Tudor Owen - Romley
• Henry Corden - Fender
• Otto Waldis - Krantz the Innkeeper

External links

• The Black Castle at the Internet Movie Database