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A 19th-century police inspector investigates a series of strange murders, with the victims all drained of blood. His efforts to crack the case lead to a scientist performing genetic experiments, whose daughter has been transformed into a giant moth. Gothic horror, starring Peter Cushing, Wanda Ventham and Robert Flemyng
1967
Horror
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Peter Cushing
(Actor)
.. Insp Quennell
Wanda Ventham
(Actor)
.. Clare Mallinger
Robert Flemyng
(Actor)
.. Professor Mallinger
Roy Hudd
(Actor)
.. Morgue attendant
Vanessa Howard
(Actor)
.. Meg Quennell
David Griffin
(Actor)
.. William
Kevin Stoney
(Actor)
.. Grainger
Glynn Edwards
(Actor)
.. Sgt Allan
Vernon Sewell
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Peter Cushing
(Actor)
.. Insp Quennell
Wanda Ventham
(Actor)
.. Clare Mallinger
Robert Flemyng
(Actor)
.. Professor Mallinger
Roy Hudd
(Actor)
.. Morgue attendant
Born:
May 16, 1935
in
Croydon
Best Known For:
The News Huddlines.
Early-life:
Roy Hudd was born on May 16, 1936, in Croydon, Surrey. He worked telephone exchanges for the RAF, during which time he developed the skill of cat-napping, something that apparently keeps his batteries charged to this day. His interest in entertaining was sparked when he went to live with his grandmother who regularly took him to Croydon's Empire Theatre, but took jobs as a messenger for an advertising agency, a window dresser and a commercial artist.. He started out as a comic in the dying days of variety in the 1950s, when he was billed as The Peculiar Person.
Career:
Hudd later became a Butlins Redcoat in Clacton alongside Cliff Richard, and went on to do variety shows in London and became a huge fan of music hall, later writing books on the subject. He made his radio debut in 1959 on Workers' Playtime, but it was The News Huddlines, which ran from 1975 to 2001, that was his biggest success. Hudd's TV career began in 1964 with satirical series That Was The Week That Was. He's also tried his hand at drama, notably in Dennis Potter's Lipstick On Your Collar, and Karaoke. Other projects include acclaimed comedy drama Common As Muck, David Jason's The Quest, and Coronation Street.
Quote:
"There's nothing I'd change about my career as it's just the way the wind has blown me. I think I've had a most interesting life."
Trivia:
In 2008, he played the Wizard in a production of Wizard of Oz at the Royal Festival Hall in London.
Vanessa Howard
(Actor)
.. Meg Quennell
David Griffin
(Actor)
.. William
Kevin Stoney
(Actor)
.. Grainger
Glynn Edwards
(Actor)
.. Sgt Allan
Vernon Sewell
(Director)
