The Raven succeeded in 1935 where Roger Corman and Vincent Price failed 28 years later. The 1963 version of The Raven was written by Richard Matheson, who is quoted by Wikipedia as saying, "After hearing that they wanted to make a movie out of a poem, I felt it was a total joke, so comedy was the only way to do it." Matheson's mistake was precisely that he approached the material lightly, though; it's because…
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A brilliant but deranged neurosurgeon becomes obsessively fixated on a judge's daughter. With the help of an escaped criminal whose face he has surgically deformed, the mad man lures her, her father, and her fiancé to his isolated, castle-like home.
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Boris Karloff
Edmond Bateman
Bela Lugosi
Dr. Richard Vollin
Lester Matthews
Dr. Jerry Holden
Irene Ware
Jean Thatcher
Samuel S. Hinds
Judge Thatcher
Spencer Charters
Col. Bertram Grant
Inez Courtney
Mary Burns
Ian Wolfe
Geoffrey 'Pinky' Burns
Maidel Turner
Mrs. Grant
Raine Bennett
Poe (uncredited)
Al Ferguson
The Crook (uncredited)
Nina Golden
Dancer (uncredited)
Jonathan Hale
Bedside Dr. at Jerry's Right (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt
Chapman - Buyer of Poe Memorabilia (uncredited)
Walter Miller
Bedside Dr. at Judge's Right (uncredited)
Bud Osborne
Policeman (uncredited)
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What is The Raven about?
A brilliant but deranged neurosurgeon becomes obsessively fixated on a judge's daughter. With the help of an escaped criminal whose face he has surgically deformed, the mad man lures her, her father, and her fiancé to his isolated, castle-like home.
When was The Raven released?
The Raven was released in 1935.
What genres does The Raven belong to?
The Raven is categorised as Horror, Crime.
Who stars in The Raven?
The cast of The Raven includes Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lester Matthews, Irene Ware, Samuel S. Hinds.