Famous Ghost Stories

A TV pilot masterminded by B movie auteur Bert I. Gordon and cable production company Herts-Lion International. Vincent Price hosts as a poltergeist introducing the ghost story to follow. It's really an edited version of Gordon's 1960 film Tormented, starring Richard Carlson as a jazz musician haunted by the spirit of an old flame he let fall from a lighthouse.

Cast

Vincent Price

as Poltergeist/Narrator

Richard Carlson

as Tom Stewart (segment 'Tormented')

Susan Gordon

as Sandy Hubbard (segment 'Tormented')

Lugene Sanders

as Meg Hubbard (segment 'Tormented')

Juli Reding

as Vi Mason (segment 'Tormented')

Joe Turkel

as Nick (segment 'Tormented')

Lillian Adams

as Mrs. Ellis (segment 'Tormented')

Gene Roth

as Mr. Nelson (segment 'Tormented')

Vera Marshe

as Mrs. Hubbard (segment 'Tormented')

Harry Fleer

as Frank Hubbard (segment 'Tormented')

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