Dracula (1958)
Dracula (1958)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Peter Cushing
Doctor Van Helsing
Christopher Lee
Count Dracula
Michael Gough
Arthur Holmwood
Melissa Stribling
Mina Holmwood
Carol Marsh
Lucy Holmwood
Olga Dickie
Gerda
John Van Eyssen
Jonathan
Valerie Gaunt
Vampire Woman
Janina Faye
Tania
Barbara Archer
Inga
Charles Lloyd Pack
Doctor Seward
George Merritt
Policeman (uncredited)
Terence Fisher
Director
Jimmy Sangster
Writer
George Woodbridge
Landlord (uncredited)
Bram Stoker
Writer
George Benson
Official (uncredited)
Anthony Hinds
Producer
Miles Malleson
Marx - Undertaker (uncredited)
Geoffrey Bayldon
Porter (uncredited)
James Bernard
Composer
Paul Cole
Lad (uncredited)
Jack Asher
Cinematographer
Bill Lenny
Editor
Stedwell Fulcher
Coach Passenger (uncredited)
Humphrey Kent
Fat Merchant (uncredited)
Bernard Robinson
ProductionDesigner
John Maxim
Inn Customer (uncredited)
Guy Mills
Coach Driver (uncredited)
Richard Morgan
Coach Driver's Companion (uncredited)
John Mossman
Hearse Driver (uncredited)
Judith Nelmes
Coach Passenger (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 22, 1958
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 22m
Content RatingNR
Budget$104,880
Box Office$3,500,000
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Wiki.
Dracula is a 1958 British gothic horror film directed by Terence Fisher and written by Jimmy Sangster based on Bram Stoker's 1897 novel of the same name. The first in the series of Hammer Horror films starring Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, the film also features Peter Cushing as Doctor Van Helsing, along with Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, Carol Marsh, and John Van Eyssen. In the United States, the film was retitled Horror of Dracula to avoid confusion with the U.S. original by Universal Pictures, 1931's Dracula.
Production began at Bray Studios on 17 November 1957 with an investment of £81,000. As Count Dracula, Lee fixed the image of the fanged vampire in popular culture. Christopher Frayling writes, "Dracula introduced fangs, red contact lenses, décolletage, ready-prepared wooden stakes and – in the celebrated credits sequence – blood being spattered from off-screen over the Count's coffin." Lee also introduced a dark, brooding sexuality to the character, with Tim Stanley stating, "Lee's sensuality was subversive in that it hinted that women might quite like having their neck chewed on by a stud".In 2017, a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for Time Out magazine saw Dracula ranked the 65th best British film ever. Empire magazine ranked Lee's portrayal as Count Dracula the 7th Greatest Horror Movie Character of All Time.