The Pit and the Pendulum

Set during the height of Spanish Inquisition. The beautiful and kind-hearted Maria is arrested as a witch when she inadvertently cries out in horror at the public whipping of a child. As Maria’s husband Antonio tries to save her, Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor, determines to punish Maria with torture for the desire she inflames in him. Loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe's classic short story.

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  Stuart Gordon

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  Lance Henriksen
  Torquemada
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  Stephen Lee
  Gomez
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  William Norris
  Dr. Huesos
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  Mark Margolis
  Mendoza
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  Carolyn Purdy-Gordon
  Contessa D'Alba Molina
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  Barbara Bocci
  Contessa's Son
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  Benito Stefanelli
  Executioner
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  Jeffrey Combs
  Francisco
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  Tom Towles
  Don Carlos
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  Rona De Ricci
  Maria
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  Jonathan Fuller
  Antonio
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  Oliver Reed
  Cardinal
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  Larry Dolgin
  Sergeant of the Guards
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  Frances Bay
  Esmeralda
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  Fabio Carfora
  Beggar
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  Michael Deak
  Guard (uncredited)