The Fearless Vampire Killers
1967 film by Roman Polanski / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Fearless Vampire Killers, or Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck (shortened to The Fearless Vampire Killers; originally released in the United Kingdom as Dance of the Vampires) is a 1967 comedy horror[1] film directed by Roman Polanski, written by Gérard Brach and Polanski, produced by Gene Gutowski and starring Polanski with his future wife Sharon Tate, along with Jack MacGowran and Alfie Bass, and featuring Ferdy Mayne.
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Directed by | Roman Polanski |
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Produced by | Gene Gutowski |
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Cinematography | Douglas Slocombe |
Edited by | Alastair McIntyre |
Music by | Krzysztof Komeda |
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Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
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Language | English |
In the film, a doddering vampire hunter (Jack MacGowran) and his bumbling assistant (Roman Polanski) travel to a small mountain village where they find the tell-tale traces of vampirism. The assistant becomes enchanted by the local tavern keeper's daughter, Sarah Sharon Tate), who is promptly abducted. Determined to save the buxom maiden, they confront the undead Count in his castle. The film has been adapted into a musical, Dance of the Vampires (first adapted in German under the translated title Tanz der Vampire).