"Love means never having to say you're ugly."

1971

1h 34m

6.9(319 votes)

Horror

Comedy

Overview

After a team of surgeons botches his beloved wife's operation, the distraught Dr. Phibes unleashes a score of Old-Testament atrocities on his enemies.

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Cast & Crew

38 members

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Vincent Price

Dr. Anton Phibes

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Joseph Cotten

Dr. Vesalius

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Hugh Griffith

Rabbi

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Terry-Thomas

Dr. Longstreet

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Virginia North

Vulnavia

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Peter Jeffrey

Inspector Trout

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Derek Godfrey

Crow

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Norman Jones

Sgt. Schenley

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John Cater

Superintendent Waverley

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Aubrey Woods

Goldsmith

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John Laurie

Darrow

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Maurice Kaufmann

Dr. Whitcombe

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Barbara Keogh

Mrs. Frawley

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Sean Bury

Lem Vesalius

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Susan Travers

Nurse Allen

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David Hutcheson

Dr. Hedgepath

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Edward Burnham

Dr. Dunwoody

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Alex Scott

Dr. Hargreaves

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Peter Gilmore

Dr. Kitaj

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Alan Zipson

1st Police Official

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Dallas Adams

2nd Police Official

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James Grout

Sergeant

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Alister Williamson

1st Policeman

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Thomas Heathcote

2nd Policeman

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Ian Marter

3rd Policeman

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Charles Farrell

Chauffeur

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John Franklyn

Graveyard Attendant

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Walter Horsbrugh

Ross, the Butler

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Julian Grant

4th Policeman

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Paul Frees

Singer of 'The Darktown Strutters' Ball' (voice)

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Juba Kennerley

Gentlemens Club Member, Calling For Quiet

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Caroline Munro

Victoria Regina Phibes

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Ron Gregory

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George Hilsdon

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Julie Mendez

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Guy Standeven

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John Tatham

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Tommy Windward

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