Christopher Lee Filmography All Theatrical Releases, 1948-2003
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Biografisk notat
The late Tom Johnson, author of several books on horror cinema, taught and coached cross country and track for 30 years. He lived in Shillington, Pennsylvania. The late Mark A. Miller wrote for many periodicals, including Filmfax and Shivers. He taught English in Gahanna, Ohio.“the first filmography of Lee’s prodigious output...great for fans”—<i>Library Journal</i>; “fascinating...hugely enjoyable read...well-balanced...excellent”—<i>Film Review</i>; “superior...detailed...essential...highly recommended”—<i>ARBA</i>; “massive...essential reading...masterful job...insightful...fresh, intelligent insight...a wonderful legacy to the enduring career of Christopher Lee”—<i>Midnight Marquee</i>; “thorough, comprehensive, and entirely enjoyable...superior”—<i>Monsters from the Vault</i>; “exhaustive...monumental. Lee’s comments are quite valuable...fascinating insights”—<i>Reviewing The Evidence</i>; “this monumental effort is worth every moment of waiting...the definitive book on Lee’s career...I can’t recommend this book any more highly...you gotta have it”—<i>Little Shoppe of Horrors</i>; “immensely satisfying...each film is thoroughly synopsized”—<i>Video Watchdog</i>; “superb...valuable”—<i>VideoScope</i>; “Christopher Lee’s sad passing last year was a huge loss to the world of cinema but until I read this fine book, I didn’t realize just how much of a loss...I wholeheartedly recommend this superb book”— <i>Destructive Music</i>; “handsomely produced...lively and succinct...judicious commentary...the finest and most thorough examination of Lee’s film work ever published...rich in information, informed opinion, and reminiscence. Its utility as a reference work is obvious, and it also will whet readers’ appetites for some of the lesser-known Lee pictures”—<i>Filmfax.</i>
The career of Christopher Lee has stretched over half a century in every sort of film from comedy to horror and in such diverse roles as the Man With the Golden Gun, Frankenstein's monster, Fu Manchu and Sherlock Holmes.
From Corridor of Mirrors in 1948 to Star Wars: Episode II-Attack of the Clones in 2002, this reference book covers 166 theatrical feature films: all production information, full cast and crew credits, a synopsis, and a critical analysis, with a detailed account of its making and commentary drawn from some thirty hours of interviews with Lee himself. Two appendices list Lee's television feature films and miniseries and his short films.
The work concludes with an afterword by Christopher Lee himself. Photographs from the actor's private collection are included.
a haunting menagerie
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Jimmy Sangster: One of the Old Gang
Foreword by Veronica Carlson: The Truth About Christopher Lee
Foreword by Joe Dante: The Curse of Frankenstein will haunt you forever!
Preface
Corridor of Mirrors (1948)
One Night with You (1948)
Hamlet (1948)
Penny and the Pownall Case (1948)
Song for Tomorrow (1948)
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
Trottie True (1949)
They Were Not Divided (1950)
Prelude to Fame (1950)
Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)
Valley of Eagles (1951)
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
Babes in Bagdad (1952)
Paul Temple Returns (1952)
Top Secret (1952)
Moulin Rouge (1952)
Innocents in Paris (1953)
That Lady (1955)
The Dark Avenger (1955)
Police Dog (1955)
Alias John Preston (1956)
Storm Over the Nile (1955)
The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
Private’s Progress (1956)
Port Afrique (1956)
The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
Beyond Mombasa (1956)
The Traitor (1957)
Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)
Fortune Is a Woman (1956)
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Bitter Victory (1957)
The Truth About Women (1958)
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
Battle of the V-I (1958)
Dracula (1958)
Corridors of Blood (1962)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
The Treasure of San Teresa (1959)
The Mummy (1959)
Tempi duri per i vampiri (1959)
Beat Girl (1960)
Too Hot to Handle (1960)
The City of the Dead (1960)
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
The Terror of the Tongs (1961)
The Hands of Orlac (1961)
Taste of Fear (1961)
The Devil’s Daffodil (1961)
Ercole al centro della terra (1961)
The Pirates of Blood River (1961)
The Devil’s Agent (1961)
Das Ratsel der roten Orchidee (1962)
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)
La frusta e il corpo (1963)
Katarsis (1963)
La vergine di Norimberga (1963)
La cripta e l’incuba (1963)
The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
The Gorgon (1964)
Il castello dei morti vivi (1964)
Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1964)
She (1965)
The Skull (1965)
The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
Dracula Prince of Darkness (1966)
Rasputin the Mad Monk (1966)
Theatre of Death (1967)
Circus of Fear (1966)
The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)
Five Golden Dragons (1967)
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967)
Night of the Big Heat (1967)
Die Schlangengrube und das Pendel (1967)
Eve (1968)
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
Kiss and Kill (1969)
The Crimson Cult (1968)
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969)
The Oblong Box (1969)
Eugenie … the story of her journey into perversion (1970)
The Magic Christian (1969)
Scream and Scream Again (1970)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
Julius Caesar (1970)
El proceso de las brujas (1970)
One More Time (1970)
El Conde Dracula (1970)
Cuadecuc Vampir (1970)
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
Umbracle (1972)
Scars of Dracula (1970)
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
I, Monster (1971)
Hannie Caulder (1971)
In Search of Dracula: The Legend and the Vampire Tradition (1975)
Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
Horror Express (1972)
The Creeping Flesh (1973)
Death Line (1972)
Nothing but the Night (1972)
The Wicker Man (1973)
Hollywood Meatcleaver Massacre (1977)
Dark Places (1973)
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
Le boucher, le star et l’orphelin (1973)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
The Four Musketeers—The Revenge of Milady (1975)
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Diagnosis: Murder (1975)
Killer Force (1975)
To the Devil a Daughter (1975)
The Keeper (1975)
Albino (1976)
Dracula père et fils (1976)
Airport ’77 (1977)
Starship Invasions (1978)
Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
End of the World (1977)
Caravans (1978)
Circle of Iron (1979)
The Passage (1979)
Jaguar Lives! (1979)
Arabian Adventure (1979)
Bear Island (1979)
1941 (1979)
Nutcracker Fantasy (1979)
Serial (1980)
The Last Unicorn (1982)
Desperate Moves (1986)
The Salamander (1983)
Safari 3000 (1982)
An Eye for an Eye (1981)
The Return of Captain Invincible (1983)
House of the Long Shadows (1983)
The Rosebud Beach Hotel (1984)
Howling II (1985)
Jocks (1987)
Mask of Murder (1985)
Walhalla (1986)
Mio, min Mio! (1987)
The Girl (1987)
Operación cocaína (1988)
Olympus Force (1988)
Murder Story (1989)
The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
Honeymoon Academy (1990)
La chute des aigles (1990)
Panga (1991)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
L’avaro (1989)
The Rainbow Thief (1990)
Journey of Honor (1992)
Cybereden (1993)
Funny Man (1994)
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994)
A Feast at Midnight (1995)
The Stupids (1996)
Jinnah (1998)
Talos the Mummy (1999)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Star Wars: Episode II—Attack of the Clones (2002)
End of the Book … But Not the Story!
Afterword by Christopher Lee: Message to My Fans
Appendix A: Television Feature Films and Miniseries
Appendix B: Short Films
Bibliography
Index