The Haunted Palace

The Haunted Palace (1963)

Timing: 1:27 (87 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1963-08-28

Country

United States

Production

American International Pictures, Alta Vista Productions

Genre

Horror

Budget

$0

Revenue

$2 616 000

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Director

Roger Corman

Actors

Vincent Price, Debra Paget, Lon Chaney Jr., Frank Maxwell, Leo Gordon, Elisha Cook Jr., John Dierkes, Milton Parsons, Cathie Merchant, Guy Wilkerson
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Scenario

Charles Beaumont, Francis Ford Coppola

Producer

Roger Corman, Samuel Z. Arkoff, James H. Nicholson

Operator

Floyd Crosby

Composer

Ronald Stein

Artist

Audition

Editing

Ronald Sinclair
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• Additional monologues were written by Francis Ford Coppola.
• Roger Corman wanted to cast Boris Karloff in the film, but he declined the offer due to health reasons, so Lon Chaney Jr. appeared in the picture instead.
• The film is based on Howard Lovecraft's story "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward." But since Lovecraft was little known at the time, the studio claimed for promotional purposes that the film was based on the works of the more famous Edgar Allan Poe. This allowed the film to be included in Corman's popular series of films based on Poe's works.
• The film is based on H.P. Lovecraft’s book “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward.” But since Lovecraft was little known at the time, the studio claimed for promotional purposes that the film was based on the works of the more famous Edgar Allan Poe. This allowed the film to be included in Corman’s popular series of films based on Poe’s works.