Dracula

Dracula is a 1979 American/British horror film starring Frank Langella as Count Dracula. The film was directed by John Badham and the cinematography was by Gilbert Taylor. The original music score is by John Williams. The film also starred Laurence Olivier as Professor Abraham Van Helsing, Donald Pleasence as Dr. Jack Seward, Kate Nelligan as Lucy Seward, Trevor Eve as Jonathan Harker, Tony Haygarth as Milo Renfield, and Jan Francis as Mina Van H... More

Initial release date:

  • Jul 13, 1979

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R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 1 h 49 min

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Also known as:

  • Dracula

Film

Directed by

John Badham

John MacDonald Badham (born August 25, 1939) is an English film director, best known for films Saturday Night Fever (1977), Blue Thunder (1983), WarGames (1983), Short Circuit (1986), Stakeout (1987), Bird on a Wire (1990) and others. Badham was born in Luton, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom, the son...

Tagline:

  • Throughout history he has filled the hearts of men with terror, and the hearts of women with desire.
  • The story of the greatest lover who ever lived, died, and lived again.

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  • 1979

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Runtime:

  • 1 h 49 min
  • 1 h 44 min
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Adapted From

Dracula

Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's...

Dracula

Dracula is a 1924 stage play adapted by Hamilton Deane from the novel of the same name by Bram Stoker, and substantially revised by John L. Balderston in 1927....

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Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year Note
  • 3,457
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.5

The Movie List: the first 9200 of 2010-04-25

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