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The Pit and the Pendulum   1961         N/R, 85 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller Director: Roger Corman   Cast: Vincent Price, John Kerr, Barbara Steele, Luana Anders, Anthony Carbone, Patrick Westwood, Charles Victor, Lynette Bernay, Larry Turner, Mary Menzies   Francis Bernard (John Kerr) arrives at his brother-in-law Nicholas Medina's (Vincent Price) castle to investigate the death of his sister Elizabeth (Barbara Steele). Elizabeth has actually faked her death to drive Nicholas insane. The ploy works, and now Nicholas straps Francis to a table deep inside his dark castle, in the dank torture chambers, and the steel pendulum descends on him. Cast Vincent Price Nicholas Medina John Kerr Francis Barbara Steele Elizabeth Luana Anders Catherine Anthony Carbone Doctor Leon Patrick Westwood Maximillian Charles Victor Bartolome Lynette Bernay Maria Larry Turner Nicholas as a Child Mary Menzies Isabella