Famous Ghost Stories

Famous Ghost Stories

★ 6.0IMDb Score
Released:1961-12-31
Duration:75 min
Director:Bert I. Gordon
Actors:Vincent Price, Richard Carlson, Susan Gordon, Lugene Sanders, Juli Reding
Production:Bert I. Gordon Productions, Herts-Lion International Corp., Cheviot Productions

Overview:

A TV pilot masterminded by B movie auteur Bert I. Gordon and cable production company Herts-Lion International. Vincent Price hosts as a poltergeist introducing the ghost story to follow. It's really an edited version of Gordon's 1960 film Tormented, starring Richard Carlson as a jazz musician haunted by the spirit of an old flame he let fall from a lighthouse.

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