Biography: Basil Rathbone |

South African-born Basil Rathbone was the son of a British mining engineer working in Johannesburg. After a brief career as an insurance agent, the 19-year-old aspiring actor joined his cousin's repertory group. World War I service as a lieutenant in... more
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Cast: Dennis Hopper   
Tags: Science Fiction Sci-Fi Horror 
Length: 81min
Shot on a miniscule 50,000 budget, and including footage from a 1959 Russian film that was later purchased by Roger Corman, this science fiction feature finds a tiny planet slowly dying. With the inhabitants in danger of perishing, some kind-hearted...

Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967)
Tags: Musical Horror Comedy Musical Comedy Horror Comedy 
Length: 88min
Horror, comedy, and country corn combine when country singers Woody Weathrby and Boots Malone get caught in a big storm en route to the Nashville Jamboree and end up taking shelter in a creepy looking old mansion that is said to be haunted. Though...

Autopsia de un Fantasma (1967)
Cast: John Carradine   
Tags: Horror Comedy Comedy Horror 
Length: 110min
The Spanish/Mexican Autopsy of a Ghost might have escaped our notice altogether had not a company called Sinister Cinema made it available to the home-video market. In this uneasy mixture of comedy and horror, a mad scientist uses dead bodies to...

Cast: Peter Lorre   
Tags: Parody/Spoof Horror Comedy Comedy Horror 
Length: 105min
On the verge of bankruptcy, undertaker Vincent Price hits upon a novel method of drumming up business. Together with his cringing assistant Peter Lorre, Price sneaks into the homes of wealthy old men under cover of night and smothers the sleeping...

Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)
Tags: Science Fiction Space Adventure 
Length: 80min
Astronauts fly to Venus and find the planet filled with dangers gleaned from the epic Russian sci-fi film Planeta Bur (1963). Much of the film was shot on the set of executive producer Roger Corman's film Planet of Blood. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966)
Cast: Boris Karloff   
Tags: Comedy Fantasy Heavenly Comedy Beach Film 
Length: 82min
American-International's Beach Party series came to an abrupt end with Ghost in the Invisible Bikini. Because of such tangible reasons as contractual commitments, coupled with such intangibles as illness and death, most of the series "regulars" are...

Cast: Basil Rathbone   
Tags: Culture & Society Politics & Government 
Length: 78min
This undistinguished, anti-communist documentary was the only film ever directed by William Faralla and was meant to take advantage of popular sentiment at the time it was released. Basil Rathbone metaphorically represents History and Mary Murphy is...

Cast: Vincent Price Roger Corman   
Tags: Costume Horror Horror Thriller Gothic Film 
Length: 90min
Roger Corman's Tales of Terror stars Vincent Price in a trio of short stories, liberally adapted by Richard Matheson from the works of Edgar Allan Poe. The film gets off to a rousing start with "Morella," in which Price's bitterness over the long-ago...

Tags: Fantasy Adventure Fantasy Adventure Sword-and-Sorcery Romantic Adventure 
Length: 80min
In this fun-filled adventure-fantasy, a rookie knight embarks upon a valiant quest to save a princess who has been captured by a malicious magician. Along the way he must battle the usual assortment of dragons, ogres and other mythical beings. He is...

Cast: Spencer Tracy John Ford Pat O'Brien   
Tags: Drama Political Drama 
Length: 121min
Spencer Tracy stars in John Ford's sentimental adaptation of Edwin O'Connor's novel about the final campaign of a big city mayor, loosely based upon the life of Boston politician James Curley. Tracy is Frank Skeffington, the political boss of an...


























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