Catacombs | |
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Directed by | Gordon Hessler |
Screenplay by | Daniel Mainwaring |
Based on | Catacombs (1959 novel) by Jay Bennett |
Produced by | Jack Parsons Neil McCallum |
Starring | Gary Merrill Georgina Cookson Jane Merrow |
Cinematography | Arthur Lavis |
Edited by | Robert Winter |
Music by | Carlo Martelli |
Production companies | Parroch-McCallum Associated Producers International British Lion |
Distributed by | British Lion Films (United Kingdom) Warner Bros. Pictures (United States) |
Release date | 5 May 1965 |
Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Catacombs is a 1965 British horror film directed by Gordon Hessler and starring Gary Merrill, Georgina Cookson and Jane Merrow.[1][2] It was known in the US as The Woman Who Wouldn't Die.
The film was shot at Shepperton Studios with sets designed by the art director George Provis. Warner Brothers picked it up for distribution in the US.[3]
An astute business woman is murdered by her husband who intends to carry on with his affair with her niece after her death. However, he soon finds himself haunted by his late wife.