Count Dracula (1977 film)

Count Dracula
Louis Jourdan as Count Dracula
Written byGerald Savory
Directed byPhilip Saville
StarringLouis Jourdan
Frank Finlay
Susan Penhaligon
Judi Bowker
Jack Shepherd
Music byKenyon Emrys-Roberts
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerMorris Barry
EditorsRichard Bedford (film inserts)
Rod Waldron (videotape)
Running time155 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC 2
Release22 December 1977 (1977-12-22)
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Count Dracula is a British television adaptation of the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. Produced by the BBC (in the then standard video/film hybrid format), it first aired on BBC 2 on 22 December 1977. It is among the more faithful of the many adaptations of the original book.[1][2][3][4] Directed by Philip Saville from a screenplay by Gerald Savory, it stars Louis Jourdan as Count Dracula and Frank Finlay as Professor Van Helsing.

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