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The Haunting
Haunting, The
Credits
Title: The Haunting
Director: Robert Wise
Writers: Nelson Gidding
Producers: Robert Wise; Denis Johnson
Composer: Humphrey Searle
Cinematography: Davis Boulton
Editors: Ernest Walter
Production
Distributed by: Argyle Enterprises
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Released: September 18th, 1963
Rating: Approved
Running time: 112 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
Budget: 1,400,000 [1]
Gross: $2,616,000 [1]
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The Haunting is an American horror film of the haunted house and ghost subgenres. It was based on novel The Haunting of Hill House by author Shirley Jackson. The film was directed by Robert Wise with a screenplay written by Nelson Gidding. It was produced by Argyle Enterprises and released theatrically in the United States on September 18th, 1963. The film stars Julie Harris as the central protagonist Eleanor Lance, Claire Bloom as Theodora, Richard Johnson as Doctor John Markway and Russ Tamblyn as Luke Sanderson.

Cast[]

Actor Role
Julie Harris Eleanor Lance
Claire Bloom Theodora
Richard Johnson Doctor John Markway
Russ Tamblyn Luke Sanderson
Fay Compton Mrs. Sanderson
Rosalie Crutchley Mrs. Dudley
Lois Maxwell Grace Markway
Valentine Dyall Mister Dudley
Diane Clare Carrie Fredericks
Ronald Adam Eldridge Harper

Uncredited Cast[]

Actor Role
Pamela Buckley First Mrs. Crain
Amy Dalby Abigail Crain - Age 80
Rosemary Dorken Abigail Crain's nurse/companion
Verina Greenlaw Dora Fredericks
Claude Jones Garage attendant
Freda Knorr Second Mrs. Crain
Howard Lang Hugh Crain
Janet Mansell Abigail Crain - Age 6
Paul Maxwell Bud Fredericks
Susan Richards Nurse
Mavis Villiers Landlady

Notes & Trivia[]

  • Haunting (1963) redirects to this page.
  • Billed as An Argyle Enterprises Production and A Robert Wise Production.
  • The tagline for this film is, "SCREAM...no one will hear you! RUN...and the silent foosteps will follow, for in Hill House the dead are restless!" Another tagline is "You may not believe in ghosts but you cannot deny terror".
  • Production on The Haunting began on October 1st, 1962. [1]
  • The film was shot at Borehamwood Studios in Hertfordshire, England as well as the Ettington Park Hotel in Warwickshire and Ettington Park.
  • The Haunting was released in the United Kingdom in January, 1964.
  • The Haunting was re-made in 1999 by director Jan De Bont.
  • Author Shirley Jackson was the one suggested shortening the title of her novel to the The Haunting after Robert Wise noted that The Haunting of Hill House would be too long for a movie marquis.
  • Actor Russ Tamblyn - a noted actor of b-list action and horror films of the 1960s, only conceded to do The Haunting because he was under contract to MGM. He later stated how The Haunting was one of his most rewarding film projects.
  • The Haunting was released theatrically on the same day as X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes.

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References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 IMDB; The Haunting (1963); Box office & Business.

Keywords[]

19th century | 1940s | 1960s | Automobile accident | Boston | Carriage | Flashbacks | Ghosts | Hallucinations | Hangings | Haunted house | Holy Bible | Homosexuality | Massachusetts | Psychic | Suicides

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