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Edward Dein (writer)
Mildred Dein (writer)
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Release Date:
May 1959 (USA) more
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His body is an empty shell that hides a lustful fiend! more
Plot:
B-grade western with a twist: mysterious gunslinger-for-hire Drake Robey is really a vampire, and it's... more | full synopsis
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Classy little flick more (16 total)

Cast

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Eric Fleming ... Preacher Dan Young
Michael Pate ... Drake Robey / Don Drago Robles
Kathleen Crowley ... Dolores Carter
John Hoyt ... Dr. John Carter
Bruce Gordon ... Buffer
Jimmy Murphy ... Tim Carter
Helen Kleeb ... Dora
Jay Adler ... Bartender - Jake
Eddie Parker ... Henchman (as Edwin Parker)
John Truax ... Henchman
Frankie Van ... Henchman

Rush Williams ... Henchman
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Mark of the West (USA) (16mm release title)
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79 min
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)

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4 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
Classy little flick, 23 April 2002
8/10
Author: Gislef from Iowa City, IA

"Curse" spins out the usual Western fable, but with a few twists. The sheriff is an honest man, the local bad guy isn't either entirely violent or dumb, and Michael Pate as "Drake Robey" (sounds like a character Joey would play on a soap opera on "Friends") is pretty good. Eric Fleming is irritatingly strident, and the female lead is bland, so it's up to Pate to carry the flick and he does. He creates a strong sympathetic presence for Robey, and with Fleming playing a righteous priest, you kinda hope Drake will win out in the end. If it wasn't for the curse of his need to drink blood, he seems like a pretty decent, which is probably the point of the movie.

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