Return of the Vampire, The

The Return of the Vampire
Credits
Title:	The Return of the Vampire
Directed by:	Lew Landers
Written by:	Griffin Jay; Kurt Neumann; Randall Faye
Produced by:	Sam White
Music by:	Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Cinematography:	L. William O'Connell; John Stumar
Edited by:	Paul Borofsky
Production
Distributors:	Columbia Pictures
Released:	January 1st, 1944
Rating:	Approved
Running time:	69 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
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The Return of the Vampire is an American horror movie of the vampire subgenre. It was directed by Lew Landers with a script written by Griffin Jay based on a story treatment by Kurt Neumann. Additional dialogue was provided by Randall Faye. The movie was produced by Columbia Pictures and released theatrically in the United States on January 1st, 1944. The movie is notable for starring iconic horror actor Bela Lugosi in the role of Armand Tesla.

Cast

Credited cast

Actor	Role
Bela Lugosi	Armand Tesla/Doctor Hugo Bruckner
Frieda Inescort	Lady Jane Ainsley
Nina Foch	Nicki Saunders
Miles Mander	Sir Frederick Fleet
Roland Varno	John Ainsley
Matt Willis	Andreas Obry

Uncredited cast

Note: The following is taken from the full credits list for this entry on IMDB. As it is a website with user-submitted information, some of the data listed here, including character names may be inaccurate.

Actor	Role
William Austin	Detective Gannett
Jeanne Bates	Miss Norcutt
Billy Bevan	Horace, Civil Defense worker
Sydney Chatton	Peters, desk clerk
Sherlee Collier	Nicki, as a child
Frank Dawson	Old man
Harold De Becker	Horace's friend
Leslie Denison	Detective Lynch
Donald Dewar	John, as a child
Gilbert Emery	Doctor Walter Saunders
Jean Fenwick	Girl on street
Olaf Hytten	Ben, Lady Jane's butler
Nelson Leigh	Sir Frederick's office assistant
Stanley Logan	Colonel Mosley
Audrey Manners	Nurse
George McKay	Cemetery caretaker
Marianne Mosner	Nurse
Ottola Nesmith	Elsa Walker, governess
Clara Reid	Old woman

Notes & Trivia

• The tagline for this film is, "Beauty at the mercy of a monster!"

• Production on The Return of the Vampire began on August 21st, 1943. Principal photography on the film concluded on September 9th, 1943.

• Actress Nina Foch will go on to play the role of Madame Trevi in "The Trevi Collection" episode of Kolchak: The Night Stalker.

• Actor Billy Bevan is a veteran of the "Universal Monsters" film series and has appeared in movies such as Dracula's Daughter, where he played a prison guard named Albert, The Invisible Man Returns, where he played a character named Jim, and the Invisible Man's Revenge, where he played a police sergeant.

• This is the final work in the horror genre for actor Gilbert Emery. Gilbert is also known for playing Sir Basil Humphrey in the 1936 movie Dracula's Daughter.

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External Links

The Return of the Vampire at AMG The Return of the Vampire at TCM The Return of the Vampire at IMDB The Return of the Vampire at Wikipedia

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