The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)
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14% of users liked it
(71 ratings)
An angry head-shrinker (not a psychiatrist) puts a curse upon a family of white traders in this well-wrought low-budget horror film. It must have been a doozy for 200 years later it is still going strong. The story opens as the eldest male descendant of the cursed Drake family finds himself on the… More An angry head-shrinker (not a psychiatrist) puts a curse upon a family of white traders in this well-wrought low-budget horror film. It must have been a doozy for 200 years later it is still going strong. The story opens as the eldest male descendant of the cursed Drake family finds himself on the brink of losing his head at the hands of a strange witch doctor and his spooky-looking servant. Fortunately his daughter and a detective show up in time to save his noggin from a fate too horrible to disclose here. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Edward L. Cahn
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 13, 1959 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It's too bad this film didn't have some more soul.
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Cast
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Eduard Franz
as Jonathan Drake
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Valerie French
as Alison Drake
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Henry Daniell
as Dr. Zurich
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Grant Richards
as Lt. Rowan
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Paul Cavanagh
as Kenneth Drake
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Howard Wendell
as Dr. Bradford
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Paul Wexler
as Zutai
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Lumsden Hare
as Rogers
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Frank Gerstle
as Lee Coulter
