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Director
Director
Cast
Torquemada
Gomez
Dr. Huesos
Mendoza
Contessa D'Alba Molina
Contessa's Son
Executioner
Francisco
Don Carlos
Maria
Antonio
Synopsis
Set during the height of Spanish Inquisition. The beautiful and kind-hearted Maria is arrested as a witch when she inadvertently cries out in horror at the public whipping of a child. As Maria’s husband Antonio tries to save her, Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor, determines to punish Maria with torture for the desire she inflames in him. Loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe’s classic short story.
Original title
The Pit and the Pendulum
IMDb Rating
6.2 3,453 votes
TMDb Rating
5.8 36 votes