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Val Guest and Nigel Kneale return with THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN (1957)!

Starring Peter Cushing and Forrest Tucker, will this Yeti movie make slogging through all the previous Yeti movies worth it?

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The Abominable Snowman | Val Guest | 1957

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Marius Goring as Sir Percy Blakeney (The Scarlet Pimpernel) and some of the ladies who co-starred with him in The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1955).

1. Yvonne Furneaux as Suzanne de Fleury in Episode 1: The Hostage 2, 3 & 4. Susan Lyall Grant as Ginette Mallarmé in Episode 3: The Princess 5. Ingeborg von Kusserow as Cecille in Episode 5: The Lady in Distress 6. Maureen Connell as Princesse Melanie de Monsantes in Episode 6: Something Remembered 7. Thea Gregory as Christine Hobson in Episode 7: The Elusive Chauvelin 8. Lucie Mannheim as the Countess la Valliere in Episode 11: The Ambassador’s Lady 9. Elvi Hale as Jeanette in Episode 18: The Farmer’s Boy

As they did not include the character of Sir Percy’s wife, Marguerite, the Pimpernel was able to have a range of romantic encounters and friendships with women throughout the series.

However, his most common female co-star in the series, Lucie Mannheim (who was Marius Goring’s wife), was never romantically involved with Sir Percy. Over seven episodes they were enemies but eventually came to a grudging appreciation of each other.

The last episode (Episode 13: The Flower Woman) in which Lucie appeared as the Countess la Valliere was written by Marius. In this episode, they become allies in order to rescue revolutionaries and their families condemned in the September massacres. It is a very moving episode.

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The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (TV Series) - A Tale of Two Pigtails (1956) directed by David MacDonald

Marius Goring as Sir Percy Blakeney / the Scarlet Pimpernel

Stanley Van Beers as Chauvelin

Maureen Connell as Melanie

Sybil Wise as Alice

Peter O'Toole as 1st Soldier

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Scream Factory has revealed the extras for its The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas Blu-ray, which streets on December 10. The 1957 British horror film is also known simply as The Abominable Snowman.

Produced by Hammer Films, the movie is directed by Val Guest (The Quatermass Xperiment) and written by Nigel Kneale (Quatermass and the Pit). Peter Cushing and Forrest Tucker star.

Special features are listed below.

Special features:

Audio commentary with film historian Ted Newsom (new)

Audio commentary with director Val Guest and writer Nigel Kneale

Interview with author/film historian Jonathan Rigby (new)

Trailers from Hell with commentary by filmmaker Joe Dante

World Of Hammer: Peter Cushing

Theatrical trailer

Still gallery

Botanist Dr. John Rollason (Peter Cushing) decides to join the exploration team of crass, American showman Tom Friend (Forrest Tucker) on a dangerous expedition into the Himalayas to search for the legendary Yeti. Soon after setting up camp, the group is attacked by a large beast which is shot by trapper Ed Shelley (Robert Brown) and stored in a cave to attract a live specimen.

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The Abominable Snowman | Val Guest | 1957

Forrest Tucker, Robert Brown, Peter Cushing, Richard Wattis, Maureen Connell