YouTube content:
Trailer:
Cast and characters:
Christopher Lee … Count Dracula
Geoffrey Keen … William Hargood
Gwen Watford … Martha Hargood
Linda Hayden … Alice Hargood
Peter Sallis … Samuel Paxton
Anthony Higgins … Paul Paxton (as Anthony Corlan)
Isla Blair … Lucy Paxton
John Carson … Jonathon Secker
Martin Jarvis … Jeremy Secker
Ralph Bates … Lord Courtley
Roy Kinnear … Weller
Michael Ripper … Cobb
Russell Hunter … Felix
Shirley Jaffe … Hargood’s Maid
Keith Marsh … Father
Peter May … Son
Reginald Barratt … Vicar
Madeline Smith … Dolly
Lai Ling … Chinese girl
Malaika Martin … Snake girl
Filming locations:
Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England (studio)
Highgate Cemetery, Swain’s Lane, Highgate, London, England
Scratchwood, Hertfordshire, England
St Andrew’s Church, Totteridge Lane, Totteridge, London, England
Tykes Water Lake, Aldenham Country Park, Hertfordshire, England (horse-riding scene)
Filming dates:
27 October 1969 – 5 December 1969
Technical details:
1 hour 31 minutes
Aspect ratio: 1.85: 1
Censorship:
The British cinema version was cut by BBFC censors to edit blood spurts from the staking of Paxton (Peter Sallis), a closeup of Dracula’s bloodstained teeth and a brief shot of a brothel customer with a topless prostitute.
Some image credits: Tom Chantrell Posters
