Peter Cushing Freddie Jones Simon Ward Veronica Carlson
Cinematography
Arthur Grant
Edited by
Gordon Hales
Music by
James Bernard
Production company
Hammer Film Productions
Distributed by
Warner-Pathé Distributors (United Kingdom) Warner Bros.-Seven Arts (United States)
Release dates
May 22, 1969 (1969-05-22) (UK)
February 11, 1970 (1970-02-11)
Running time
98 minutes (UK) 101 minutes (U.S.)
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Box office
586,439 admissions (France)[1]
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed is a 1969 British horror film directed by Terence Fisher for Hammer Films, starring Peter Cushing, Freddie Jones, Veronica Carlson and Simon Ward.[2][3] The film is the fifth in a series of Hammer films focusing on Baron Frankenstein, who, in this entry, terrorises those around him in a bid to uncover the secrets of a former associate confined to a lunatic asylum.
It marked the final movie by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts to be released under Warner Bros. when the company was acquired by Kinney National Company.
^Box office information for Terence Fisher films in France at Box office Story
^"Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
^"Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed | BFI | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
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