The Oblong Box is loosely influenced by Poe but is an original , tightly plotted, story by the screenwriters. Julian Markham ( Vincent Price ) keeps his brother Edward ( Alister Williamson ) shut away after his face becomes disfigured by voodoo magic in Africa. Edward plots an escape with the bent family lawyer Trench ( Peter Arne ) by faking his own death but is abandoned when Julian unknowingly seals the coffin. Edward has a fortunate escape when bodysnatchers take him to Dr Newhardt ( Christopher Lee ) and he is able to pursue his revenge plans.
Uta Levka ( as Heidi )
Sex : Heidi is a prostitute who has sex with Edward in order to roll him
Death : Edward slits her throat when her treachery is discovered
The German actress got top billing here despite limited screen time compared to the British girls, probably because she'd played the lead role in Carmen Baby a couple of years earlier. She retired early in the seventies and is now 75.
Sally Geeson ( as Sally )
Sex : Sally sleeps with Edward ( offscreen )
Death : Survives
Sally is Judy Geeson's younger sister. She worked her way up from bit parts as a child to bigger roles by the late sixties although she is best remembered for her role in TV comedy Bless This House. When that finished ,she retired to raise a family with William G Stewart of Fifteen To One fame. She later became a schoolteacher. She is now 66.
Hilary Dwyer ( as Elisabeth )
Sex : Nice cleavage
Death : Survives
Hilary got the role on the back of Witchfinder-General.
Zeph Gladstone ( as Trench's girl )
Sex : Some foreplay with Trench
Death : Survives
This was Zeph's only credited film role but she had two regular TV roles as WPC Harris in Dixon of Dock Green and Vera Downend in Crossroads . After 1977 she disappears. She died in 2002 aged 65.
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