Famous Ghost Stories (1961)

Plot Summary

A TV pilot masterminded by B movie auteur Bert I. Gordon and cable production company Herts-Lion International. Vincent Price hosts as a poltergeist introducing the ghost story to follow. It's really an edited version of Gordon's 1960 film Tormented, starring Richard Carlson as a jazz musician haunted by the spirit of an old flame he let fall from a lighthouse.

Full Cast & Characters

Vincent Price

Poltergeist/Narrator

Richard Carlson

Tom Stewart (segment 'Tormented')

Susan Gordon

Sandy Hubbard (segment 'Tormented')

Lugene Sanders

Meg Hubbard (segment 'Tormented')

Juli Reding

Vi Mason (segment 'Tormented')

Joe Turkel

Nick (segment 'Tormented')

Lillian Adams

Mrs. Ellis (segment 'Tormented')

Gene Roth

Mr. Nelson (segment 'Tormented')

Vera Marshe

Mrs. Hubbard (segment 'Tormented')

Harry Fleer

Frank Hubbard (segment 'Tormented')

Merritt Stone

Clergyman (segment 'Tormented')

Dick Walsh

Wedding Guest (segment 'Tormented')

Director & Crew

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