The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre

The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre
Genre	Horror Mystery Thriller
Written by	Joseph Stefano
Directed by	Joseph Stefano
Starring	Martin Landau Judith Anderson Diane Baker Tom Simcox
Music by	Dominic Frontiere
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Joseph Stefano
Cinematography	Conrad Hall
Editor	Tony Di Marco
Running time	80 minutes
Production companies	Villa Di Stefano United Artists Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	1964 (1964)

The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre is a 1964 American made-for-television horror–thriller film starring Martin Landau, Judith Anderson and Diane Baker. It was written, produced and directed by Joseph Stefano, author of the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 thriller Psycho,^[1] and he cast actors who had been in Hitchcock's films. Landau was in North by Northwest (1959), Anderson was in Rebecca, and Baker was in Marnie (1964). Four of the cast members appeared in episodes of The Outer Limits during Stefano's Season 1 tenure: Landau, Burt, Stone, and Morrill.

The film was a pilot for a proposed supernatural anthology series for CBS called The Haunted. The series was not picked up after CBS president James T. Aubrey left but some additional footage was filmed and it was released as a standalone film.^[2]

Plot

Nelson Orion (Martin Landau) is an architect by profession and paranormal investigator by choice. He is engaged by heiress Vivia Mandore (Diane Baker) who mistakenly thought herself free from the domination of her recently deceased mother-in-law. However, the old woman appears determined to continue her controlling ways... from beyond the grave.

Cast

• Martin Landau as Nelson Orion
• Judith Anderson as Paulina
• Diane Baker as Vivia Mandore
• Tom Simcox as Henry Mandore
• Nellie Burt as Mary Finch
• Leonard Stone as Benedict Sloane
• Priscilla Morrill as The School Teacher
• Dolores Starr as blonde woman on beach (uncredited)

References

1. Gayle Ronan Sims (30 Aug 2006). "Joseph Stefano, 84; wrote 'Psycho' script". Philadelphia Inquirer. p. B.9.
2. Champlin, Charles (Oct 3, 1966). "Stefano: Filmdom's Dr. Frankenstein". Los Angeles Times. p. C23.

External links

• The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre at IMDb