| The Premature Burial | |
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| Directed by | Roger Corman |
| Screenplay by | |
| Based on | "The Premature Burial" by Edgar Allan Poe |
| Produced by | Roger Corman |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Floyd Crosby |
| Edited by | Ronald Sinclair |
| Music by | Ronald Stein |
| Color process | Pathécolor |
Production company | Santa Clara Productions |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1 million[1] or $1.4 million (US/Canada)[2][3]
172,329 admissions (France)[4] |
The Premature Burial, also known as Premature Burial, is a 1962 American horror film directed by Roger Corman and starring Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Alan Napier, Heather Angel and Richard Ney. The screenplay by Charles Beaumont and Ray Russell is based upon the 1844 short story of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe. It was the third in the series of eight Poe-themed pictures, known informally as the "Poe Cycle", directed by Corman for American International Pictures.[5]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
jerome17was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1962". Variety. 9 Jan 1963. p. 13. Please note these are rentals and not gross figures
- ^ "Poe & Bikinis". Variety. 9 October 1963. p. 17.
- ^ Box office information for Roger Corman films in France at Box Office Story
- ^ Perry, Dennis R.; Sederholm, Carl H., eds. (2012). Adapting Poe : re-imaginings in popular culture (1 ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 121. ISBN 978-0230120860.