Scared to Death
A woman is married to the son of a doctor, the proprietor of a private sanatorium, where she is under unwilling treatment. Both the son and the doctor indicate they want the marriage dissolved. Arriving at the scene is a mysterious personage identified as the doctor's cousin who formerly was a stage magician in Europe. He is accompanied by a threatening dwarf.
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The only colour film Bela Lugosi starred in. He also had an uncredited minor role in another colour film, of which only black and white copies survive. The film starts with a woman lying on a mortuary slab awaiting her autopsy, and she then narrates how she got there. You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page.
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Scared to Death (1947) is hosted by the Internet Archive as a public-domain or openly licensed work, which means its copyright has expired, lapsed, or was released by the rights holder. The uploader declared an explicit licence, linked in the source panel. Nitrate streams the file directly from the Archive and hosts no video itself.
- Director
- Christy Cabanne
- Starring
- Bela Lugosi, George Zucco, Nat Pendleton, Molly Lamont, Joyce Compton, Gladys Blake, Roland Varno, Angelo Rossitto
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