#The faceless double movie#
Locations for the movie included the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, which was the set for the Museo di Napoli, and the beach at Portuguese Bend, standing in for the Cove of the Blind Fisherman. Though uncredited, Morris Ankrum served as the off-screen narrator. The working title of the film was The Man Without a Face.
The monster suit was designed by Charles Gemora. Make-up effects for the Faceless Man character were done by Layne Britton, with Bryant playing Quintillus. Kent with Edward Small as uncredited executive producer. It was directed by Edward L, Cahn and produced by Robert E. The film was produced by Vogue Pictures during late March 1958 on a seven-day shooting schedule and with a budget of $100,000. Paul rescues Tina, who cannot remember what happened. But then, to their amazement, Quintillus simply dissolves in the seawater. Paul, the other scientists and the police can do nothing to stop Quintillus. Quintillus carries her into the waters of the Cove of the Blind Fisherman. He carts her off to save her from what he sees in his mind - the eruption that buried Pompeii in 79 AD. Tina, in a trance, cuts the bonds restraining Quintillus. Emanuel says that the woman was the daughter of the Roman senator who owned Quintillus. Paul remains skeptical, but Emanuel produces a photo of an ancient sculpture of a woman who looks exactly like Tina. " Stopping in mid-sentence, she then describes the eruption of Vesuvius as it is happening. She says that she was the object of Quintillus' affections in ancient Pompeii, but asks "How can I return his love? I am an aristocrat. Emanuel hypnotically regresses Tina and plays a recording for Paul. His being more-or-less alive is explained by Fiorillo, who says that he was preserved by radioactivity in the volcanic ash and that he has been revitalized by the X-rays used to study him.Įmanuel takes Tina to the "Cove of the Blind Fisherman," which she says people fled into while trying to escape the volcano's eruption, even though she's never heard of the cove before. Quintillus is taken back to the museum and strapped down to prevent him escaping again. When Paul recovers and everyone arrives at Tina's, they find a motionless Quintillus at her feet. Quintillus knocks Paul unconscious, smashes through a door and heads for Tina's apartment. Paul smacks him with an axe without making a scratch. Quintillus gets up, picks up the brooch and approaches them menacingly. To confirm that Quintillus can move, the scientists place the brooch near him. By the time help arrives, Quintillus is again immobile. Tina faints, Quintillus kills the watchman, then places the bronze brooch on Tina's jacket. She screams, a watchman runs in and shoots Quintillus, but the bullets have no effect. That night, Tina sneaks in to sketch Quintillus. The police investigating the truck crash discount Paul's comment that the driver's blood is literally on Quintillus' hands, and Inspector Rinaldi (Jan Arvan) orders the museum closed until the murderer is caught. Paul confirms everything that she tells him and grows worried when she says that Quintillus is coming for her. It is a portrait of Quintillus, who she knows only from her dreams. Tina Enright (Elaine Edwards), an artist and Paul's fiancée, shows him her latest painting. It is a curse placed on his owners by Quintillus Aurelius, the gladiator who is now a faceless creature, somehow reanimated after 2,000 years. Emanuel (Felix Locher) translates the Etruscan writing found on a bronze brooch that was inside the jewel box. Fiorillo mysteriously tells Paul that he is not certain that the body is in fact dead, something Paul scoffs at, even though he finds fresh blood on its hands. Paul Mallon (Anderson) to help him study the body. Without witnesses, no one fully understands what has happened. Afterwards, the body, apparently dead again, is found several meters away from the wrecked truck.
#The faceless double driver#
En route to the Museo di Napoli, the body comes to life and kills the driver of the truck that is transporting it. During an archeological dig at Pompeii, a worker uncovers a jewel box and the calcified body of a gladiator (Bob Bryant).
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