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Dementia 13 (1963)
Independently made black-and-white horror-thriller.
Shocked by the death of her spouse, a scheming widow hatches a bold plan to get her hands on the inheritance, unaware that she is targeted by an axe-wielding murderer who lurks in the family’s estate.
Francis Ford Coppola was assisting Roger Corman on the set of The Young Racers (1963) in Ireland. Corman allowed Coppola to use the same set, crew, and actors Luana Anders, William Campbell, and Patrick Magee for this film if he could shoot around the shooting schedule of Corman’s film.
Mary Mitchel, who plays Kane, would go on to work with director Francis Ford Coppola behind the scenes for most of her career, mainly as a script supervisor.
Dementia 13 was shot in nine days.
| Directed by | Francis Coppola |
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| Written by | Francis Coppola |
| Produced by | Roger Corman |
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| Cinematography | Charles Hannawalt |
| Edited by | Stuart O’Brien Morton Tubor |
| Music by | Ronald Stein |
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Production
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The Filmgroup
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| Distributed by | American International Pictures |
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Running time
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80 minutes (w/ prologue) 75 minutes (w/o prologue) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $42,000 |
