The Abominable Dr. Phibes

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

7.0IMDb Score
Released:1971-04-01
Duration:95 min
Director:Robert Fuest
Actors:Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Hugh Griffith, Terry-Thomas, Virginia North
Production:American International Productions (England)

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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