Curse of the Faceless Man | |
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Directed by | Edward L. Cahn |
Screenplay by | Jerome Bixby |
Produced by | Robert E. Kent |
Starring | Richard Anderson Elaine Edwards Adele Mara Luis van Rooten |
Narrated by | Morris Ankrum |
Cinematography | Kenneth Peach |
Edited by | Grant Whytock |
Music by | Gerald Fried |
Production company | Robert E. Kent Productions |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 67 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Curse of the Faceless Man is a 1958 independently made American low-budget black-and-white horror film, produced by Robert E. Kent, directed by Edward L. Cahn, that stars Richard Anderson, Elaine Edwards, Adele Mara, and Luis van Rooten. Science fiction writer Jerome Bixby wrote the screenplay. The film was theatrically released in the U.S. by United Artists as a double feature with It! The Terror from Beyond Space.
The film's storyline concerns a Roman gladiator, buried alive in Pompeii during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, who returns to life in modern times to find the reincarnation of the woman he loves.