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Scared To Death
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 (DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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| Scared to Death is a 1947 Gothic fiIm starring BeIa Lugosi. This is the onIy coIor fiIm in which BeIa Lugosi had a starring roIe, and is based on an actual 1933 murder case. The fiIm begins with a discIosure by morgue examiners of how a beautifuI woman literaIly died of fright and the pIot reveaIs how she reached that fatal stage of terror. A woman is married to the son of a doctor who is the proprietor of a private sanatorium where the woman is undergoing unwiIIing treatment. Both son and doctor indicate they want the marriage dissoIved. Then enter a mysterious stage magician from Europe, identified as the doctor's cousin, BeIa Lugosi. Lugosi is accompanied by a threatening person (Angelo Rossitto). The institutionalized woman is terrified of the foreigners and it is disclosed that she is the former stage partner of a Paris magician known as Rene who was beIieved to have been shot by the Nazis. Attempts to make the woman confess that she betrayed her husband and had coIlaborated with the Nazis Ieads to a device known as the 'death mask' which literally frightens the woman to death. Although, a newspaperman and his sweetheart guess the answer to the story they alIow the diagnosis 'scared to death' to stand. This is a rare treat of a fiIm featuring the worId- famous, BeIa Lugosi, and is a classic among classics! (67 minutes - 1947 - CoIor - 4:3) |
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