The Ghoul
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| The Ghoul | |
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| Directed by | T. Hayes Hunter |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
| Written by | Frank King (play) Rupert Downing Leonard Hines Roland Pertwee John Hastings Turner |
| Starring | Boris Karloff Cedric Hardwicke Ernest Thesiger Ralph Richardson |
| Music by | Louis Levy Leighton Lucas |
| Cinematography | Günther Krampf |
| Editing by | Ian Dalrymple Ralph Kemplen |
| Distributed by | Gaumont-British Picture Corporation |
| Release date(s) | 1933 |
| Running time | 77 min |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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The Ghoul is a 1933 British Horror film starring Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke and Ernest Thesiger. The plot centres around a Professor (Karloff) who is to be buried with an Egyptian jewel in order to attain eternal life. When the jewel is stolen by his servant, the professor rises from the dead to reclaim it.
The film, based on the play and novel by Dr. Frank King and Leonard J. Hines, was once considered to be a lost film since the original nitrate negative had succumbed to decomposition and no prints of the film were known to exist. However, an incomplete and partly decomposed Czech release print was discovered which was the only available print for several decades. Then, finally, an excellent quality print was discovered in the archives of the British Film Institute. It has since been made available on DVD.
[edit] Cast
- Boris Karloff as Prof. Morlant
- Cedric Hardwicke as Broughton
- Ernest Thesiger as Laing
- Dorothy Hyson as Betty Harlon
- Anthony Bushell as Ralph Morlant
- Kathleen Harrison as Kaney
- Harold Huth as Aga Ben Dragore
- D.A. Clarke-Smith as Mahmoud
- Ralph Richardson as Nigel Hartley
- Jack Raine as Davis, the chauffeur (uncredited)
- George Relph as Doctor (uncredited)
