
Overview:
A London opera house is haunted by tragic events on its opening night, but when its star is kidnapped, a producer tracks down the Phantom who is intent on seeking his revenge.Status: | Released (1962-06-25) |
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Awards: | 1 nomination total |
Screen: | Anthony Hinds, Gaston Leroux |
Productions: | Hammer Film Productions |
Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
Spoken Languages: | English |


Casts
- 14503: Herbert Lom - The Phantom (Prof. L. Petrie)
- 97571: Heather Sears - Christine Charles
- 10465: Edward de Souza - Harry Hunter
- 11131: Thorley Walters - Lattimer
- 3796: Michael Gough - Lord Ambrose d'Arcy
- 1208202: Harold Goodwin - Bill
- 105824: Martin Miller - Rossi
Crews
- 29662: Terence Fisher - Director - Directing
- 73248: Edwin Astley - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 30168: Anthony Hinds - Producer - Production
- 30168: Anthony Hinds - Screenplay - Writing
- 14474: Gaston Leroux - Novel - Writing
- 29669: Don Mingaye - Art Direction - Art
- 30702: Alfred Cox - Editor - Editing
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Reviews
John Chard
Review text:
And when you sing, Christine, you will be singing only for me. The Phantom of the Opera is out of Hammer Film Productions and directed by Terence Fisher. Based on the Gaston Leroux novel, the screenplay is written by John Elder and it stars Herbert Lom, Heather Sears, Edward de ....
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Entertaining rendition with nice performances from Herbert Lom and to some extent Heather Sears, plus seeing Michael Gough playing such a scoundrel was new to me as only really knew him as Alfred... The music is fine and all in all, was a solid film, nothing terribly memorable howeve ....
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This Hammer adaptation of the Gaston Leroux standard is much less a horror film; more just a story about love and betrayal. Aside from Michael Gough as the devious and loathsome "Lord Ambrose d'Arcy" the casting isn't up to very much, even Herbert Lom doesn't really seem to get into ....
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