Directed by:
Terence FisherScreenplay:
John GillingCinematography:
Michael ReedComposer:
James BernardCast:
Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Barbara Shelley, Patrick Troughton, Joseph O'Conor, Sally Nesbitt, Richard Pasco, Michael Goodliffe, Jack Watson (more)Plots(1)
In early-twentieth-century middle-Europe, villagers are literally becoming petrified. Although the authorities try to hush the matter up it is apparent that at the full moon, Medusa leaves her castle lair and anyone looking on her face is turned to stone. When this fate befalls a visitor, experts from the University of Leipzig arrive to try and get to the bottom of it all. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Christopher Lee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267405_f0cfe9.jpg)
Christopher Lee
UK
Best movies:
![Peter Cushing](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/145/163145288_a8babb.jpg)
Peter Cushing
UK
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Hamlet (1948)
Moulin Rouge (1952)
![Barbara Shelley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/086/165086655_d61955.jpg)
Barbara Shelley
UK
Best movies:
Village of the Damned (1960)
The Gorgon (1964)
Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
![Patrick Troughton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272251_448968.jpg)
Patrick Troughton
UK
Best movies:
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (1983) (TV movie)
The Omen (1976)
Hamlet (1948)
![Joseph O'Conor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/444/444371_27f22d.jpg)
Joseph O'Conor
Ireland
Best movies:
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Elizabeth: The Virgin Queen (1998)
Othello (1981) (TV movie)
![Sally Nesbitt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/484/158484541_6ca7c7.jpg)
Sally Nesbitt
Best movies:
The Sicilian Clan (1969)
The Gorgon (1964)
Hopscotch (1980)
Richard Pasco
UK
Best movies:
Room at the Top (1959)
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
![Michael Goodliffe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000146_e8abdc.jpg)
Michael Goodliffe
UK
Best movies:
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
The One That Got Away (1957)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
![Jack Watson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/430/160430092_c1f70f.gif)
Jack Watson
UK
Best movies:
The Hill (1965)
Grand Prix (1966)
Marco Polo (1982) (series)
![Alister Williamson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/442/160442821_fe6875.jpg)
Alister Williamson
Australia
Best movies:
Battle of Britain (1969)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
The Gorgon (1964)
![Jeremy Longhurst](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/527/161527696_d36c39.jpg)
Jeremy Longhurst
UK
Best movies:
Reach for the Sky (1956)
The Gorgon (1964)
Lucky Jim (1957)
![Michael Peake](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/527/161527980_c8844c.jpg)
Michael Peake
UK
Best movies:
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Curse of the Demon (1957)
The Gorgon (1964)
Jim O'Brady
UK
Best movies:
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
From Russia with Love (1963)
Redmond Phillips
New Zealand
Best movies:
Phar Lap (1983)
A Night to Remember (1958)
The Angry Silence (1960)