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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1962-05-06
Languageen
Runtime28m
Production

BFI Experimental Film Fund

7.3(3)
•1962•28m

The Pit

Horror

Overview

Experimental gothic short, adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Pit and the Pendulum'.

Writing & Screenplay
Edward Abraham
Cinematography
Gus Coma

Principal Cast

3 credited
Brian Peck
Brian PeckThe Prisoner
BL
Burt LettsChief Inquisitor
DL
Dave LloydChief Inquisitor

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