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Beauty and the Beast

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Lady Althea (Joyce Taylor) travels to the castle of Duke Eduardo (Mark Damon), where the two of them are to be married. But the handsome Eduardo has a horrible secret: A sorcerer's curse transforms him into a terrifying, wolf-like beast every night. When Eduardo's scheming cousin, Prince Bruno (Michael Pate), learns of this secret, he tries to seize the throne by turning the townspeople against the beast. Only the love of Lady Althea can save the duke and break the power of the curse.
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Audience Member The greatest 01 hour: and 19 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All ages admitted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member It was okay, interesting that he turns into a monster at night a la Wolf Man. Other than that it was pretty weak story and characters. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Edward L. Cahn

Director

Joyce Taylor

Althea

Mark Damon

Eduardo

Eduard Franz

Orsini

Michael Pate

Bruno

Merry Anders

Sybil
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Synopsis Lady Althea (Joyce Taylor) travels to the castle of Duke Eduardo (Mark Damon), where the two of them are to be married. But the handsome Eduardo has a horrible secret: A sorcerer's curse transforms him into a terrifying, wolf-like beast every night. When Eduardo's scheming cousin, Prince Bruno (Michael Pate), learns of this secret, he tries to seize the throne by turning the townspeople against the beast. Only the love of Lady Althea can save the duke and break the power of the curse.
Director
Edward L. Cahn
Producer
Robert E. Kent
Screenwriter
George Bruce, Orville H. Hampton
Production Co
Harvard Film
Genre
Kids & Family, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 8, 1962, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 18, 2016
Runtime
1h 19m
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