The Pit and the Pendulum is a 1964 French featurette horror film directed by Alexandre Astruc and starring Maurice Ronet. It tells the story of a prisoner sentenced to death who is tormented by the Spanish Inquisition. The film is based on the 1842 short story with the same title by Edgar Allan Poe.

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Not who you're looking for? Others named The Pit and the Pendulum: short story by Edgar Allan Poe · 1913 film by Alice Guy-Blaché · 1991 film by Stuart Gordon · 1961 film by Roger Corman

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