Famous Ghost Stories (1961)

6.0/10 75 min Horror Thriller

Overview

A TV pilot masterminded by B movie auteur Bert I. Gordon and cable production company Herts-Lion International. Vincent Price hosts as a poltergeist introducing the ghost story to follow. It's really an edited version of Gordon's 1960 film Tormented, starring Richard Carlson as a jazz musician haunted by the spirit of an old flame he let fall from a lighthouse.

Cast

Vincent Price

Poltergeist/Narrator

Richard Carlson

Tom Stewart (segment 'Tormented')

Susan Gordon

Sandy Hubbard (segment 'Tormented')

Juli Reding

Vi Mason (segment 'Tormented')

Joe Turkel

Nick (segment 'Tormented')

Gene Roth

Mr. Nelson (segment 'Tormented')

Vera Marshe

Mrs. Hubbard (segment 'Tormented')

Paul Frees

Frank Hubbard (uncredited voice) (segment 'Tormented')

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