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The Ghoul (1933)
British horror drama.
An Egyptologist returns from the dead to take revenge on those who have betrayed him.
For many years this was regarded as a “lost film”, with no prints or elements known to exist.
A nitrate release print was discovered in the Czech National Archives, in Prague, in then Czechoslovakia.
In the early 1980s, in a disused and forgotten film vault at Shepperton Studios, a the nitrate camera negative of the film in perfect condition was discovered.
The Ghoul was the first British horror movie of the sound era, and the first British movie to be labeled “horrific”.
Film debut of Ralph Richardson.
| Directed by | T. Hayes Hunter |
|---|---|
| Written by | Roland Pertwee John Hastings Turner Rupert Downing (adaptation) |
| Based on | Play by Dr. Frank King Leonard Hines |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
| Starring | Boris Karloff Cedric Hardwicke Ernest Thesiger Dorothy Hyson Anthony Bushell Kathleen Harrison Harold Huth D. A. Clarke-Smith Ralph Richardson
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| Cinematography | Günther Krampf |
| Edited by | Ian Dalrymple Ralph Kemplen |
| Music by | Louis Levy Leighton Lucas |
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Production
company |
Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
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| Distributed by | Woolf & Freedman Film Service |
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Release dates
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6 August 1933 (London; premiere) 7 August 1933 (United Kingdom) 25 November 1933 (United States) |
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Running time
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77 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | just under £40,000 |
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