Let's Kill Uncle

Let's Kill Uncle
Theatrical poster
Directed byWilliam Castle
Written byRohan O'Grady
Mark Rodgers
Produced byWilliam Castle
StarringNigel Green
Pat Cardi
Mary Badham
CinematographyHarold Lipstein
Edited byEdwin H. Bryant
Music byHerman Stein
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • November 18, 1966 (1966-11-18)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Let's Kill Uncle—also known as Let's Kill Uncle Before Uncle Kills Us[1]—is a 1966 color black comedy[2] film produced and directed by William Castle, about a young boy trapped on an island by his uncle, who is planning to kill him. The boy's only friend is a young girl, who tries to help him.

It stars Nigel Green, Mary Badham, Pat Cardi and Robert Pickering and is based on a 1963 novel written by Rohan O'Grady, the pen name of Canadian author June Margaret O'Grady Skinner. It was filmed in Universal Studios on the largest sound stage, taking advantage of the process screen,[3] with a location shot of a beach in Malibu, California.

  1. ^ "Let's Kill Uncle, Before Uncle Kills Us". Riverfront Times.
  2. ^ Wilkins, Budd (4 June 2020). "Review: William Castle's Let's Kill Uncle on Kino Lorber Blu-ray". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 20 July 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Jordan, Joe Showmanship: The Cinema of William CastleBearManor Media