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"The Cask of Amontillado" is a short story by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book. The story, set in an unnamed Italian city at carnival time, is about a man taking fatal revenge on a friend who, he believes, has insulted him.
previously adapted for Suspense radio show on 12 August 1942, 10 February 1944, & 3 April 1948. A couple has separate health issues. One of them is arsenic. 4 4 "Cabin B-13" John Dickson Carr: Charles Korvin Eleanor Lynn March 29, 1949 previously adapted for Suspense radio on 13 March 1943 & 9 November 1943. In 1948 it inspired its own short ...
Jopson's screenplay brings Poe's short story "The Cask of Amontillado" into contemporary times and sets it the underworld of the Tuscan wine business. With references to Brunellopoli , the great Italian wine scandal of 2008 [ 3 ] and with cameo appearances from real-world winemakers such as Salvatore Ferragamo and Luca Sanjust, the film brings ...
(An allusion to The Cask of Amontillado) as the latter drops the last piece of paving into place. The strain of his efforts takes a physical and mental toll on Robinson, causing him to collapse with exhaustion and a severely injured back.
Three short sequences, based on the following Poe tales, are told: "Morella", "The Black Cat" (which is combined with another Poe tale, "The Cask of Amontillado"), and "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar". Each sequence is introduced via voiceover narration by Vincent Price, who also appears in all three narratives.
The works of American author Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) include many poems, short stories, and one novel.His fiction spans multiple genres, including horror fiction, adventure, science fiction, and detective fiction, a genre he is credited with inventing. [1]
In the 1909 novel The Phantom of the Opera, as well as subsequent film and stage adaptations, the title character appears disguised as The Red Death at a ball.; In Chapter 4 of the 1940 movie serial Drums of Fu Manchu, "The Pendulum of Doom", the hero Allan Parker is trapped in a "Pit and the Pendulum" peril (Fu Manchu actually states that the Poe story inspired this torture device).
An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe is a 1970 film which features Vincent Price reciting four of Edgar Allan Poe's stories, directed by Kenneth Johnson, with music by Les Baxter. [1]