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The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake 1959

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Topic: Film "The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake" (1959). Goal: Factual, original 150-190 word overview.

Type
Film
Year
1959
Status
Released
Runtime
70 minutes
Release date
Nov 13, 1959
Original language
EN
Origin
United States of America
Studios
Vogue Pictures
Genres
Horror, Mystery
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Topic: Film "The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake" (1959).
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Title: The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake.
Year: 1959.
Release Date: 11/13/1959 (US).
Genre: Horror and Mystery / American black-and-white horror film.
Runtime: 1h 10m.
Writer: Orville H. Hampton.
Director: Edward L. Cahn.
Producer: Robert E. Kent.
Distributor: United Artists.
Cast: Eduard Franz, Valerie French, Grant Richards, Henry Daniell.
Plot:
Jonathan Drake (anthropologist) attends his brother's funeral.
The head of the deceased is missing.
The brother's skull appears later in a locked cabinet.
Drake realizes an ancient curse placed upon his grandfather by a tribe of South American Jivaro Indians is still in effect.
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“An anthropologist discovers an ancient South American curse is targeting his family after his brother's funeral.”

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  • Features a black-and-white visual style
  • Combines horror and mystery elements
  • Explores a generational curse involving South American Jivaro Indians
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  • The runtime is a brief 1 hour and 10 minutes

Watch it if you enjoy black-and-white horror films involving ancient curses and family mysteries.

This black-and-white horror and mystery film has a runtime of 1 hour and 10 minutes.

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The film is a 1959 black-and-white horror and mystery production directed by Edward L. Cahn.

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The film has a runtime of 1 hour and 10 minutes.

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It is a single film, though it was part of a series of films made by the director and writer for producer Robert E. Kent.

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