PHILM PHACTS UK 1962
Directed by Terence Fisher
Cast:
Herbert Lom: Professor Petire/The Phantom
Heather Sears: Christine Charles
Edward De Souza: Harry Hunter
Michael Gough: Lord Ambrose D’Acry
Also Starring: Thorley Walters, Martin Miller, and Ian Wilson
Hammer Films/Universal International Color
Summary: In this film the setting is changed from Paris to London. The story is closer to the Claude Rains film than the original novel. The Phantom is Professor Petire, who has had his music stolen by the film’s real bad guy, Lord Amborse, and who face was disfigured by fire. His assistant is a dwarf, who is responsible for the murders in the opera house
Other Philm Phacts
Because of the film’s poor box office performance, Hammer Studio temporarily dropped director Terence Fisher
The Wimbledon Theater in Southwestern London provided the set for the movie’s London Opera House
The role of the Phantom was originally written for Cary Grant
REVIEWS
JOANNA PHANTOM’S REVIEW 1 STAR
Yet another acid burned Phantom. This time Lom’s interpretation is stiff and unfeeling. He even goes as far as to hit Christine. He has a servant that is like Igore who does his bidding.
ICEHEART’S REVIEW 2 STARS
This movie loses it’s shine due to it superficial Hollywood plot, trying to twist the story to make it more horrific and interesting, which the original story already is. Adding multiple bad guys to the plot just draws the focus away from the title character, which is a rather weak phantom to begin with.
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