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The Phantom of the Opera (1962)

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Release Date: Jun 25, 1962 Wide

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This Gothic melodrama from Hammer Studios is in color, but the plot is basically the same as the two previous efforts. Instead of Paris, the action takes place at the Royal Opera House in London. The Phantom (Herbert Lom) is a facially disfigured musician/composer who had his opera stolen by a conniving composer, the lecherous Lord d'Arcy. The Phantom -- who lives in the sewer beneath the opera house -- has his dwarf assistant (Ian Wilson) kidnap Christine Charles (Heather Sears), the lead

Unrated, 1 hr. 24 min.

Drama, Horror

Directed By: Terence Fisher

Written By: Gaston Leroux, Anthony Hinds

In Theaters: Jun 25, 1962 Wide

On DVD: Jul 11, 1995

Cast

Herbert Lom
The Phantom (Professor ...
Heather Sears
Christine Charles
Thorley Walters
Lattimer
Michael Gough
Lord Ambrose d'Arcy
Edward de Souza
Harry Hunter
Martin Miller
Rossi
Miles Malleson
Philosophical Cabby
Miriam Karlin
Charwoman
John Harvey
Vickers
Ian Wilson
Dwarf
Marne Maitland
Xavier
Sonya Cordeau
Yvonne
Renee Houston
Mrs. Tucker
Harold Goodwin
Bill
Liam Redmond
Michael Ripper
Longfaced Cabby
Patrick Troughton
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Critic Reviews for The Phantom of the Opera

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the narrative is somewhat flaccid, but the class it brings to the music sequences goes a long way in compensation.

June 15, 2007 Comment

Douglas Pratt

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This is from the Hammer Horror Collection, this is my first exposure to the Phantom of the Opera, I've never read it or have seen the play or the movie until now and Hammer Films has done an excellent job of putting for a 1962 Horror Film, which I am sure kept many couple out of the back seat at the drive in's. Beyond

February 4, 2011

Bruce Bruce

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Horrible fruitcake adaptations of the story aside, the tale of The Phantom of the Opera has never done a hell of a lot for me but if there was a version that was going to get me to change my mind the Hammer version would've been the one to do it. As always, Terence Fisher's direction is superb and the actual phantom

May 31, 2010