The Abominable Dr. Phibes

The Abominable Dr. Phibes
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert Fuest
Written by	James Whiton; William Goldstein;
Produced by	Louis M. Heyward; Ronald S. Dunas;
Starring	Vincent Price; Joseph Cotten; Hugh Griffith; Terry-Thomas; Virginia North;
Cinematography	Norman Warwick
Edited by	Tristam Cones
Music by	Basil Kirchin
Production; company	American International Productions
Distributed by	Anglo-EMI Film Distributors
Release date	April 1971 (United Kingdom);
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	$1.5 million or $1,827,000

The Abominable Dr. Phibes is a 1971 British comedy horror film directed by Robert Fuest, written by James Whiton and William Goldstein,^[3] and starring Vincent Price and Joseph Cotten.^[4] Its art deco sets, dark humour, and performance by Price have made the film and its sequel Dr. Phibes Rises Again cult classics.^[3] The film also features Hugh Griffith and Terry-Thomas, with an uncredited Caroline Munro appearing as Phibes's wife.

The film follows the title character, Dr Anton Phibes, who blames the medical team that attended to his wife's surgery four years earlier, for her death and sets out to exact vengeance on each one.^[5] Phibes is inspired in his murder spree by the Ten Plagues of Egypt from the Old Testament,^[6] although some plagues were dropped, new ones added and they are ordered differently than in the Bible.

^ Parish, James Robert; Whitney, Steven (1974). Vincent Price Unmasked. New York: Drake Publishers. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-87749-667-0.
^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American Film Distribution: The Changing Marketplace. Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI Research Press. p. 301. ISBN 978-0-8357-1776-2. Note: Figures are for distributor rentals in the United States and Canada.
^ ^a ^b Weber, Eric. "The Abominable Dr. Phibes". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
^ "The Abominable Dr. Phibes". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.
^ "The Abominable Doctor Phibes (1970)". British Horror Films. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
^ Firsching, Robert. "The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) – Robert Fuest | Review". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.

[1] Parish, James Robert; Whitney, Steven (1974). Vincent Price Unmasked. New York: Drake Publishers. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-87749-667-0.

[2] Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American Film Distribution: The Changing Marketplace. Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI Research Press. p. 301. ISBN 978-0-8357-1776-2. Note: Figures are for distributor rentals in the United States and Canada.

[tcm-3] Weber, Eric. "The Abominable Dr. Phibes". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

[4] "The Abominable Dr. Phibes". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.

[5] "The Abominable Doctor Phibes (1970)". British Horror Films. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

[6] Firsching, Robert. "The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) – Robert Fuest | Review". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.

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