"Flesh crawls! Blood curdles! Phibes lives!"

1972

1h 29m

6.3(154 votes)

Comedy

Horror

Overview

The eminent Dr. Phibes awakens from a decade of suspended animation and heads to Egypt with the corpse of his dead wife, which he intends to resurrect by murdering people in strange and heinous ways.

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Cast & Crew

18 members

Acting

Vincent Price

Dr. Anton Phibes

Acting

Robert Quarry

Darius Biederbeck

Acting

Valli Kemp

Vulnavia

Acting

Peter Cushing

Ship's Captain

Acting

Beryl Reid

Miss Ambrose

Acting

Terry-Thomas

Lombardo

Acting

Peter Jeffrey

Inspector Trout

Acting

Fiona Lewis

Diana Trowbridge

Acting

Hugh Griffith

Harry Ambrose

Acting

John Cater

Superintendent Waverly

Acting

Gerald Sim

Hackett

Acting

Lewis Fiander

Baker

Acting

John Thaw

Shavers

Acting

Keith Buckley

Stewart

Acting

Milton Reid

Manservant - Cheng

Acting

John Comer

Ship's Officer

Acting

Caroline Munro

Victoria Phibes (uncredited)

Acting

Gary Owens

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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