Count Dracula (1977)
2h 30m
Running Time
December 22, 1977Release Date
Count Dracula (1977)
2h 30m
Running Time
December 22, 1977Release Date
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Plot.
For those familiar with Bram Stoker's novel, this adaptation follows the book quite closely in most respects. Jonathan Harker visits the Count in Transylvania to help him with preparations to move to England. Harker becomes Dracula's prisoner and discovers Dracula's true nature. After Dracula makes his way to England, Harker becomes involved in an effort to track down and destroy the Count, eventually chasing the vampire back to his castle.
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Cast & Crew.
Louis Jourdan
Count Dracula
Frank Finlay
Abraham van Helsing
Susan Penhaligon
Lucy Westenra
Jack Shepherd
Renfield
Judi Bowker
Wilhelmina 'Mina' Westenra
Mark Burns
Dr. John Seward
Philip Saville
Director
Bosco Hogan
Jonathan Harker
Media.
Details.
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Count Dracula is a British television adaptation of the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. Produced by the BBC (in the then standard video/film hybrid format), it first aired on BBC 2 on 22 December 1977. It is among the more faithful of the many adaptations of the original book. Directed by Philip Saville from a screenplay by Gerald Savory, it stars Louis Jourdan as Count Dracula and Frank Finlay as Professor Van Helsing.