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John Gielgud, James Mason, Jane Seymour, David McCallum, Nicola Pagett, Ralph Richardson, Michael Sarrazin, and Leonard Whiting in Frankenstein: The True Story (1973)

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Frankenstein: The True Story

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Director

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  • Jack Smight
    Jack Smight

Writers

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  • Christopher Isherwood
    Christopher Isherwood
    teleplay &
  • Don Bachardy
    Don Bachardy
    teleplay
  • Mary Shelley
    Mary Shelley
    novel "Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus"

Cast

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(in credits order) verified as complete
  • James Mason
    James Mason
    James Mason
    Dr. John Polidori
  • Leonard Whiting in Romeo and Juliet (1968)
    Leonard Whiting
    Leonard Whiting
    Dr. Victor Frankenstein
  • David McCallum
    David McCallum
    David McCallum
    Dr. Henri Clerval
  • Jane Seymour
    Jane Seymour
    Jane Seymour
    Agatha
    /Prima
  • Nicola Pagett in Upstairs, Downstairs (1971)
    Nicola Pagett
    Nicola Pagett
    Elizabeth Fanshawe
  • Michael Sarrazin
    Michael Sarrazin
    Michael Sarrazin
    The Creature
  • Michael Wilding
    Michael Wilding
    Michael Wilding
    Sir Richard Fanshawe
  • Clarissa Kaye-Mason
    Clarissa Kaye-Mason
    Clarissa Kaye-Mason
    Lady Fanshawe
    (as Clarissa Kaye)
  • Agnes Moorehead
    Agnes Moorehead
    Agnes Moorehead
    Mrs. Blair
  • Margaret Leighton
    Margaret Leighton
    Margaret Leighton
    Francoise DuVal
  • Ralph Richardson
    Ralph Richardson
    Ralph Richardson
    Mr. Lacey
  • John Gielgud
    John Gielgud
    John Gielgud
    Chief Constable
  • British actor Tom Baker in his best-known role as Dr Who, between two of his arch enemies, the Daleks at BBC TV Centre, London, 1974.
    Tom Baker
    Tom Baker
    Sea Captain
  • Julian Barnes
    Julian Barnes
    Young Man
  • Arnold Diamond in Maniac (1963)
    Arnold Diamond
    Arnold Diamond
    Passenger in Coach
  • Yootha Joyce in The Saint (1962)
    Yootha Joyce
    Yootha Joyce
    Hospital Matron
  • Peter Sallis at an event for Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
    Peter Sallis
    Peter Sallis
    Priest
  • Dallas Adams
    Dallas Adams
    Felix
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Lewis Alexander
    Lewis Alexander
    Opera Patron
    (uncredited)
  • Derek Deadman
    Derek Deadman
    Derek Deadman
    1st Seaman
    (uncredited)
  • Esme Smythe, John Tatham, Victor Harrington, and Fred Machon in Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)
    Victor Harrington
    Victor Harrington
    Opera Patron
    (uncredited)
  • Walter Henry
    Walter Henry
    Servant at Polidari's Ball
    (uncredited)
  • Paddy Joyce
    Paddy Joyce
    Paddy Joyce
    1st Helper
    (uncredited)
  • Aileen Lewis
    Aileen Lewis
    Opera Patron
    (uncredited)
  • Norman Rossington in The Krays (1990)
    Norman Rossington
    Norman Rossington
    Seaman
    (uncredited)
  • Elizabeth Spender
    Elizabeth Spender
    Ballroom Guest
    (uncredited)
  • Jeremy Young in The Avengers (1961)
    Jeremy Young
    Jeremy Young
    2nd Helper
    (uncredited)

Producers

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  • Ian Lewis
    Ian Lewis
    associate producer
  • Hunt Stromberg Jr.
    Hunt Stromberg Jr.
    producer

Composer

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  • Gil Mellé
    Gil Mellé
    (as Gil Melle)

Cinematographer

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  • Arthur Ibbetson
    Arthur Ibbetson
    director of photography

Editor

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  • Richard Marden
    Richard Marden

Production Designer

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  • Wilfred Shingleton
    Wilfred Shingleton
    (as Wilfrid Shingleton)

Art Director

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  • Fred Carter
    Fred Carter

Costume Designer

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  • Elsa Fennell
    Elsa Fennell

Production Management

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  • Brian Burgess
    Brian Burgess
    production manager

Second Unit Directors or Assistant Directors

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  • Geoff Glover
    Geoff Glover
    second unit director (uncredited)
  • Terry Pearce
    Terry Pearce
    third assistant director (uncredited)
  • John Stoneman
    John Stoneman
    first assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department

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  • Ken Barker
    Ken Barker
    sound
  • Gordon Everett
    Gordon Everett
    sound
  • Don Sharpe
    Don Sharpe
    sound
  • Graham V. Hartstone
    Graham V. Hartstone
    re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects

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  • Brian Warner
    Brian Warner
    special effects
  • Roy Whybrow
    Roy Whybrow
    special effects
  • Alan Barnard
    Alan Barnard
    special effects assistant (uncredited)
  • Ron Burton
    Ron Burton
    special effects draughtsman (uncredited)
  • Colin Chilvers
    Colin Chilvers
    special effects technician (uncredited)
  • Bud Rossler
    Bud Rossler
    special effects technician (uncredited)
  • Brian Smithies
    Brian Smithies
    special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects

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  • Peter Melrose
    Peter Melrose
    matte artist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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  • Jimmy Spoard
    Jimmy Spoard
    grip
  • Geoff Glover
    Geoff Glover
    director of photography: second unit (uncredited)

Music Department

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  • Philip Martell
    Philip Martell
    music supervisor

Choreography

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  • Sally Gilpin
    Sally Gilpin
    choreographer

Production Department

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  • Vicki Deason
    Vicki Deason
    production secretary (uncredited)

Production Finance and Accounting

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  • Maurice Landsberger
    Maurice Landsberger
    production accountant (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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  • Sally Nicholl
    Sally Nicholl
    assistant: producer
  • Jacque Shelton
    Jacque Shelton
    assistant: producer
  • Phyl Allarie
    Phyl Allarie
    producer's secretary (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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