An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe
Jan 01 1970
•1h 54m
•TV Movie, Horror, Mystery
Renowned horror actor Vincent Price narrates four tales of terror by renowned horror author Edgar Allen Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart, The Sphinx, The Cask of Amontillado, and The Pit and the Pendulum.
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Vincent Price
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