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The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)

The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)

NR 81 minutes EN Horror , Mystery
Betrayal cuts both ways!
In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor.
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