Twice-Told Tales
1963 · 120 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 3,681 VOTES · DIR. Sidney Salkow
Overview
3 horror stories based on the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. In the 1st story titled "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment", Heidegger attempts to restore the youth of three elderly friends. In "Rappaccini's Daughter", a demented father is innoculating his daughter with poison so she may never leave her garden of poisonous plants. In the final story "The House of the Seven Gables", The Pyncheon family suffers from a hundred year old curse and while in the midst of arguing over inheritance, a stranger arrives.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,566 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:49 [Thunder]
00:05:40 [Thunder]
00:09:27 OH, CARL, PUT THE LID BACK ON THE COFFIN
00:13:00 DO YOU MIND IF WE GET OUT OF THIS UNHOLY ROOM?
00:17:52 BY GEORGE, YOU DIDN'T WALK INTO A ROOM
00:21:33 I'M CERTAIN THAT SHE WOULD WANT YOU TO BE THERE.
00:26:35 THAT IT HAD THE POWER TO RESTORE ETERNAL YOUTH.
00:30:33 I DON'T WANT TO LIVE AGAIN
00:36:10 YOU LEFT ME NOTHING.
00:41:06 UH, NO, SIR. IT'S, UH...
00:45:47 THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IN BEING DEAD
00:50:32 THANK YOU, GIOVANNI, BUT...
00:55:10 LISTEN TO ME. YOU MUST LISTEN.
01:00:53 NO.
01:05:45 WHY DON'T YOU THANK ME?
01:11:38 NO!
01:16:56 GERALD IS A LIGHT SLEEPER.
01:24:24 WHERE'S GERALD GOING?
01:30:16 MR. MAULE?
01:34:19 I KNEW YOUR NAME BEFORE I HEARD IT.
01:40:31 MATTHEW, YOU'VE COME
01:43:58 I'LL NOT LET YOU SPOIL IT.
01:51:20 IF THAT OLD DEED TO THE LAND IN MAINE IS IN THE VAULT
01:59:34 TO FIND PEACE.
Cast & Characters
Vincent Price
Alex Medbourne
Vincent Price
Dr. Giacomo Rappaccini
Vincent Price
Gerald Pyncheon
Sebastian Cabot
Dr. Carl Heidigger
Brett Halsey
Giovanni Guasconti
Beverly Garland
Alice Pyncheon
Richard Denning
Jonathan Maulle
Mari Blanchard
Sylvia Ward
Abraham Sofaer
Prof. Pietro Baglioni
Jacqueline deWit
Hannah Pyncheon, Gerald's Sister
Joyce Taylor
Beatrice Rappaccini
Edith Evanson
Lisabetta, the landlady
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,566
Dialogue density13.1 lines / min
First line00:01:49
Final line01:59:34
Production Record
DirectorSidney Salkow
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,681