A long-lost adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart has been discovered in the attic of a Scottish home, having been missing for more than 50 years.
We’re delighted to be preserving the 16mm print and to make the film available online to new audiences via BFI Player in time for Hallowe’en.”
The British Film Institute has now restored and digitised the film so it can be viewed online.
After some research, however, he discovered that it was, in fact, a unique intact copy of the 20-minute 1953 film directed by J.B. Williams and starring Stanley Baker, produced by Adelphi Films.