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The Pit(1962)
Status: Released
Date: 1962-05-06
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2 Votes
Time: 0h 28m
Overview:
Experimental gothic short, adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Pit and the Pendulum'.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies:
BFI Experimental Film Fund
Movie: The Pit
Top 3 Billed Cast
Brian Peck
The Prisoner
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Experimental gothic short, adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Pit and the Pendulum'.
Release Date
1962-05-06
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