The Devil's Messenger

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The Devil's Messenger
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Directed by Herbert L. Strock
Written byLeo Guild
Produced byKenneth Herts, Gustaf Unger
Starring Lon Chaney Jr.
Karen Kadler
Michael Hinn
John Crawford
Ralph Brown
Inga Botorp
CinematographyWilliam G. Troiano
Edited by Carl-Olov Skeppstedt
Lennart Wallén
Music byAlfred Gwynn
Distributed byHerts-Lion International Corp.
Release date
  • 1961 (1961)
Running time
72 minutes
CountriesSweden
United States
Language English

The Devil's Messenger is a 1961 anthology horror film combining 3 episodes of the 1959 B&W Swedish television series 13 Demon Street (which was never broadcast in the USA) with some new scenes featuring Lon Chaney Jr., Karen Kadler and John Crawford.[ citation needed ] This "feature version" of the series is the closest the U.S. came to seeing the TV series (although the entire series is now available on DVD in the territory).[ citation needed ]

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Plot summary

The film includes stories about a 50,000-year-old woman found frozen in an ice field, a man's death foretold in dreams, and Satan's plans to blow up the Earth with atomic weapons.

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