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Movie · 1963

Twice-Told Tales

Released 1 September 1963 More from 1963 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

3 horror stories based on the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. In the 1st story titled "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment", Heidegger attempts to restore the youth of three elderly friends. In "Rappaccini's Daughter", a demented father is innoculating his daughter with poison so she may never leave her garden of poisonous plants. In the final story "The House of the Seven Gables", The Pyncheon family suffers from a hundred year old curse and while in the midst of arguing over inheritance, a stranger arrives.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Edith Evanson
as Lisabetta, the landlady
67
Vincent Price
as Alex Medbourne / Dr. Giacomo Rappaccini / Gerald Pyncheon
52
Richard Denning
as Jonathan Maulle
49
Sebastian Cabot
as Dr. Carl Heidegger
45
Mari Blanchard
as Sylvia Ward
40
Brett Halsey
as Giovanni Guasconti
30
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
37years between the oldest and youngest billed
67Edith Evanson — oldest on the call sheet
30Brett Halsey — youngest billed
47average age of the credited cast
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