Rare TV appearance by Bela Lugosi. It’s an updating of an Edgar Allan Poe story to World War II Italy. He plays a nasty fascist officer who torments the noble who is married to a woman he covets. Lugosi winds up chained in a dungeon that gets bricked up.
Poe was never that plot heavy but he’d adapted surprisingly well to the screen over the years, chiefly I would suppose because they offer scope for great roles and atmosphere. (Also being buried alive is always a good climax.) This lacks atmosphere, with its crappy sets and wartime setting. It’s basically a two hander between Lugosi and Romney Brent, neither of whom are that great. Lugosi looks a bit dishevelled and drunk, but that is required by the story. This is really for Lugosi completists only
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