Directed by:
Stuart GordonScreenplay:
Dennis PaoliCinematography:
Adolfo BartoliComposer:
Richard BandCast:
Lance Henriksen, Rona De Ricci, Mark Margolis, Jeffrey Combs, Jonathan Fuller, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Oliver Reed, Frances Bay, Tom Towles, Stephen Lee (more)Plots(1)
Lance Henriksen plays Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor of the infamous Spanish Inquisition, which is in full swing when THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM begins. The heretic-burning fires of the Auto da fé are raging all across Spain, the people live in fear, and no one dares speak a word against Torquemada and the Inquisition. But when a baker's wife tries to stop a woman from being burned alive, she is arrested and brought before the evil Torquemada. The mad dictator accuses her of being a witch and commands that she be put on trial, tortured into a confession, and then burned at the stake. The beautiful woman can only hope that her husband will rescue her before she is killed. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Lance Henriksen
USA
Best movies:
Aliens (1986)
The Terminator (1984)
Dead Man (1995)
Rona De Ricci
Best movies:
The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
Mark Margolis
USA
Best movies:
Retour à Brooklyn (2000)
Scarface (1983)
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Jeffrey Combs
USA
Best movies:
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Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising (2013) (TV movie)
Re-Animator (1985)
Jonathan Fuller
Best movies:
Bigger (2018)
Castle Freak (1995)
Campfire Tales (1997)
Carolyn Purdy-Gordon
USA
Best movies:
Re-Animator (1985)
Dolls (1987)
From Beyond (1986)
Oliver Reed
UK
Best movies:
Gladiator (2000)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
The Trap (1966)
Frances Bay
Canada
Best movies:
Blue Velvet (1986)
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999) (TV movie)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
Tom Towles
USA
Best movies:
Le Rocher (1996)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Les Princes de la ville (1993)
Stephen Lee
USA
Best movies:
The Negotiator (1998)
La Bamba (1987)
Purple Hearts (1984)
Larry Dolgin
Best movies:
The Big Racket (1976)
Confessions of a Police Captain (1971)
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Benito Stefanelli
Italy
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
William Norris
Best movies:
The Babe (1992)
The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
Geoffrey Copleston
UK
Best movies:
The Octopus (1984) (series)
Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966)
The Night Porter (1974)