The Pit and the Pendulum - videos, teasers and stills from filming

All videos, teasers and footage from the filming of the film "The Pit and the Pendulum"

The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)

Timing: 1:21 (81 min)

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All about film

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Actors and characters

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During editing, director Roger Corman cut every other frame of the blade with a razor to make it appear to move much faster.
The film initially did not have a prologue. It was added after the film was sold for television. At that time, only Luana Anders (1938-1996) was available from the entire cast, so another scene was filmed with her and added to the beginning of the film. Frankly, the scene doesn't really fit with the film itself.
Actor John Kerr (1931-2013) was frankly uneasy at the thought of being tied to a table with a pendulum descending from above. To demonstrate to him that it was completely safe, Roger Corman himself stood in for the actor during the preparation for this scene.

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