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The Pit and the Pendulum

The Pit and the Pendulum

1964•37m•6.3/10
DramaHorror

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6.3/10(7)

A haunting short version of Edgar Allan Poe's famous story about a cruel and unusual punishment inflicted on a victim of the Spanish Inquisition...

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Production

Radio-Télévision Française

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Maurice Ronet

Maurice Ronet

Le condamné à mort

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