The Pit

Top 3 Billed Cast

Brian Peck
Brian Peck

The Prisoner

Burt Letts
Burt Letts

Chief Inquisitor

Dave Lloyd
Dave Lloyd

Chief Inquisitor

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    Experimental gothic short, adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Pit and the Pendulum'.

  • Release Date

    1962-05-06

  • Average

    7.3

  • Rating:

    3.6 starts
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    English
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