The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
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| The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake | |
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| Directed by | Edward L. Cahn |
| Produced by | Robert Kent |
| Written by | Orville H. Hampton |
| Starring | Eduard Franz Valerie French Henry Daniell Grant Richards Paul Cavanagh |
| Music by | Paul Dunlap |
| Cinematography | Maury Gertsman |
| Editing by | Edward Mann |
| Release date(s) | 1959 |
| Running time | 70 min. |
| Country | U.S. |
| Language | English |
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The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake is a 1959 USA black and white horror film written by Orville H. Hampton and directed by Edward L. Cahn, one of a series of films they made in the late 1950s for producer Robert E. Kent on contract for distribution by United Artists.
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[edit] Synopsis
Jonathan Drake (Eduard Franz), a university professor specializing in the occult, is summoned to home of his brother, Kenneth Drake (Paul Cavanagh), when a family curse threatens Kenneth's life. Jonathan Drake arrives too late to save his brother from a violent death and subsequent decapitation before his burial. The curse is the work of Dr. Emil Zurich (Henry Daniell) and his assistant Zutai (Paul Wexler), who are undead survivors of the massacre of a South American jungle settlement some 200 years earlier, which was led by one of Jonathan Drake's ancestors. Now, compelled to act by revenge and supernatural destiny, Zurich and Zutai lay their plans to murder and then behead Jonathan Drake, which will end the curse on the Drake family.
[edit] Trivia
This film was featured in the Television Series Svengoolie in 1995.[1]
