Bluebeard (1972 film)
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| Directed by | Edward Dmytryk |
| Written by |
Ennio De Concini Edward Dmytryk Charles Perrault (based on story by) |
| Starring |
Richard Burton Raquel Welch Joey Heatherton Sybil Danning Nathalie Delon Virna Lisi |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
| Cinematography | Gábor Pogány |
| Edited by | Jean Ravel |
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Release date
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September 1, 1972 |
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Running time
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125 minutes |
| Country | United States France |
| Language | English |
Bluebeard is a 1972 thriller starring Richard Burton, Raquel Welch, Joey Heatherton and Sybil Danning, filmed in Budapest and Hungary by Edward Dmytryk and based on the classic story Bluebeard by Charles Perrault about a wealthy (Burton) who murders his wives.
Set in Austria in the 1930s, Bluebeard is a World War I pilot with a reputation as a "ladykiller" and a frightening blue tinged beard. Honoured as hero by the Austrian public, the Baron's freezer holds a terrible secret that is discovered by his current wife (Joey Heatherton). The film uses extensive flashbacks to show how and why Bluebeard's wives met their grisly fates.
Bluebeard received generally negative reviews and did little for Burton's career. Thanks to a cast featuring eight international beauties, a Playboy pictorial, an insinuating score by Ennio Morricone and a clever ad campaign, Bluebeard was a modest box office success.
A 1944 film titled Bluebeard starred John Carradine.
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