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Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Herbert J. Leder
Roddy Mcdowall
Jill Haworth
Paul Maxwell
Aubrey Richards
Ernest Clark
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Synopsis
Harold Grove, a London musuem curator, is killed while examining a statue that was the sole treasure to survive a warehouse fire. Grove's mentally unbalanced assistant, Arthur Pimm, who lives alone with the decomposed corpse of his mother, becomes convinced that the statue possesses supernatural powers. Jim Perkins, an American museum representative, uncovers an inscription which suggests that the statue may be the famous 16th century Golem from Prague. Pimm, after learning the history of the Golem, removes an ancient Hebrew scroll from inside the statue and places the scroll under its tongue, thereby becoming its master. Passed over for the position of curator vacated by Grove's death, Pimm orders the Golem to murder Grove's successor and to destroy a bridge. Meanwhile, Perkins incurs Pimm's hatred by romancing his girl friend, Ellen, Grove's daughter. Inspector White of Scotland Yard discovers the body of Pimm's mother and has Pimm committed to a prison mental hospital. But, using mental telepathy, Pimm summons the Golem to help him escape, abducts Ellen, and takes her, along with his mother's coffin, to a country mansion owned by the museum. They are followed by Inspector White, Perkins, and an Army unit equipped with a small atom bomb. Perkins rescues Ellen before the bomb explodes, destroying Pimm and the mansion. The Golem, unharmed, disappears into the sea.
Director
Herbert J. Leder
Cast
Roddy Mcdowall
Jill Haworth
Paul Maxwell
Aubrey Richards
Ernest Clark
Oliver Johnston
Noel Trevarthen
Ian Mcculloch
Richard Goolden
Dorothy Frere
Tom Chatto
Steve Kirby
Russell Napier
Frank Sieman
Brian Haines
Mark Burns
Raymond Adamson
Lindsay Campbell
John Baker
Alan Sellers
Crew
Davis Boulton
Eric Carter
Mary Gibson
Robert Goldstein
Herbert J. Leder
Herbert J. Leder
Ronnie Maasz
Scott Macgregor
Philip Martell
Carlo Martelli
Jim Roddan
Tom Sachs
Tom Simpson
Bill Snaith
Doreen Soan
Mary Sturgess
Kevin Sutton
Film Details
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Location scenes filmed at the Imperial War Museum, London. Released in Great Britain caJul 1967; running time: 97 min. Working title: Curse of the Golem.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1967
Released in United States 1967
