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Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
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Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

1969-05-22 · 101 min · ★ 6.3

Horror · Science Fiction

Blackmailing a young couple to assist with his horrific experiments the Baron, desperate for vital medical data, abducts a man from an insane asylum. On route the abductee dies and the Baron and his assistant transplant his brain into a corpse. The creature is tormented by a trapped soul in an alien shell and, after a visit to his wife who violently rejects his monstrous form, the creature wreaks his revenge on the perpetrator of his misery: Baron Frankenstein.

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Directors
Terence Fisher
Production companies
Hammer Film Productions
Countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

Top Cast

Peter CushingPeter CushingBaron Victor Frankenstein
Veronica CarlsonVeronica CarlsonAnna Spengler
Freddie JonesFreddie JonesProf. Richter
Simon WardSimon WardDr. Karl Holst
Thorley WaltersThorley WaltersInsp. Fritsch
Maxine AudleyMaxine AudleyElla Brandt
George PravdaGeorge PravdaDr. Frederick Brandt
Geoffrey BayldonGeoffrey BayldonPolice Doctor
Colette O'NeilColette O'NeilMad Woman
Frank MiddlemassFrank MiddlemassGuest - Plumber
George BelbinGeorge BelbinGuest - Playing chess
Norman ShelleyNorman ShelleyGuest - Smoking pipe
Michael GoverGuest - Reading newspaper
Peter CopleyPeter CopleyPrincipal
Jim CollierDr. Heidecke
Allan SurteesAllan SurteesPolice Sergeant
Windsor DaviesWindsor DaviesPolice Sergeant
Harry FielderVillager (uncredited)
Caron GardnerCaron GardnerPasser-by (uncredited)
Victor HarringtonJournalist (uncredited)

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