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Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

The Most Frightening Frankenstein Movie Ever!

Part of Frankenstein (Hammer) Collection

1969•1h 41m•6.3/10
HorrorScience Fiction

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6.3/10(128)

Blackmailing a young couple to assist with his horrific experiments the Baron, desperate for vital medical data, abducts a man from an insane asylum. On route the abductee dies and the Baron and his assistant transplant his brain into a corpse. The creature is tormented by a trapped soul in an alien shell and, after a visit to his wife who violently rejects his monstrous form, the creature wreaks his revenge on the perpetrator of his misery: Baron Frankenstein.

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Production

Hammer Film Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing

Baron Victor Frankenstein

Veronica Carlson

Veronica Carlson

Anna Spengler

Freddie Jones

Freddie Jones

Prof. Richter

Simon Ward

Simon Ward

Dr. Karl Holst

Thorley Walters

Thorley Walters

Insp. Fritsch

Maxine Audley

Maxine Audley

Ella Brandt

George Pravda

George Pravda

Dr. Frederick Brandt

Geoffrey Bayldon

Geoffrey Bayldon

Police Doctor

Colette O'Neil

Colette O'Neil

Mad Woman

Frank Middlemass

Frank Middlemass

Guest - Plumber

George Belbin

George Belbin

Guest - Playing chess

Norman Shelley

Norman Shelley

Guest - Smoking pipe

Michael Gover

Guest - Reading newspaper

Peter Copley

Peter Copley

Principal

Jim Collier

Dr. Heidecke

Allan Surtees

Allan Surtees

Police Sergeant

Windsor Davies

Windsor Davies

Police Sergeant

Harry Fielder

Villager (uncredited)

Caron Gardner

Caron Gardner

Passer-by (uncredited)

Victor Harrington

Journalist (uncredited)

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