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George Zucco has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1930s through the 1940s.
1972
Horror
Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.
Dir. William Dieterle · With Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell
Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, by making him fail to prevent the perfect crime. Does it involve a family curse, the crown jewels of England, or something else…
Dir. Alfred L. Werker · With Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino
Deranged scientist, Gustav Niemann, escapes from prison and overtakes the director of a traveling chamber of horrors, soon reviving the infamous Count Dracula, the frozen Frankenstein Monster, and the Wolf Man.
Dir. Erle C. Kenton · With Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., J. Carrol Naish
A couple of young, out-of-work archaeologists in Egypt discover evidence of the burial place of the ancient Egyptian princess Ananka. After receiving funding from an eccentric magician and his beautiful daughter, they set out into the desert only to be terrorized by a sinister high priest and the living mummy Kharis who are the guardians of Ananka’s tomb.
Dir. Christy Cabanne · With Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, Wallace Ford
A girl is engaged to the local richman, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and to impress her he poses as the pirate.
Dir. Vincente Minnelli · With Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Walter Slezak
