Return Of Dracula, The

AKA's:

Bacio Dello Spettro, Il / Curse Of Dracula, The / Draculas Blutnacht / Fantastic Disappearing Man, The / Hombre Que Desaparece, El

Release date:	1958 USA
Running time:	77' (Cover 77')- Source: VHS NTSC b/w
Rating:	Germ.: 16; US: PG
Main Crew:	Director: Paul Landres (Lone Texan 1959; Johnny Rocco 1958; The Vampire 1957) Producer: Gramercy Pictures / United Artists Score: Gerald Fried Writer: Pat Fielder Director of photography: Jack MacKenzie
Cast:	Use the dropdown menu to see the full cast Francis Lederer / Dracula aka Bellac Gardel Norma Eberhardt / Rachel Mayberry Ray Stricklyn / Tim Hanson John Wengraf / John Meyerman Virginia Vincent / Jenny Blake Gage Clarke / Rev. Whitfield Jimmy Baird / Mickey Maybury Greta Granstedt / Cora Maybury Enid Yousen Melvin F. Allen / Mel, the Baggage Clerk William Fawcett / Eddie, the Station Master Dan Gachman / County Clerk Joseph Hamilton / Man reporting Murder at Station Harry Harvey / Station Agent Robert Lynn / Dr. Paul Beecher John McNamara / Sheriff Bicknell Norbert Schiller / Bellac Gardel Hope Summers / Cornelia Charles Tannen / Mack Bryant, Dept. of Immigration
Summary:	Count Dracula (Francis Lederer) travels from his native Balkans to America to spread his domination. He assumes the identity of a Czech artist whom he murders en route to the States, and then moves in with the dead man's aunt (Greta Granstedt) and cousin (Norma Eberhardt) in a small town in California. His odd behavior is attributed by all to his eccentricity... but when immigration officials begin an investigation of him, he embarks on a murderous spree that no one in the quiet little town will ever forget.
Note:	- Francis Lederer said that the only film he really regretted doing was "The Return Of Dracula". - The modern-day vampire hunters inspired Marvel Comics' TOMB OF DRACULA comic series. - There is a brief color insert shot (Colour was around then, but very expensive) of blood gushing during the staking of a vampire woman. - The coffin sequence with the thick mist was achieved through double printing (having every frame printed twice).
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