Movie

The Dungeon

(en)

1922

The Dungeon

Drama

Crime

Horror

Overview: The Dungeon is a 1922 race film directed, written, produced and distributed by Oscar Micheaux, considered the African-American Cecil B. DeMille due to his prolific output of films during the silent era, one of his greatest works being Body and Soul (1924). The Dungeon was his first horror effort, an early blaxploitation take on the Bluebeard legend. No print of the film is known to exist and it is presumed to be a lost film.

Status: Released

Release date: May 22, 1922

Countries of origin: United States of America,

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Production company:
  • Micheaux Picture Corporation

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William Fountaine

William Fountaine

as Stephen Cameron...

Shingzie Howard

Shingzie Howard

as Myrtle Downing

J. Kenneth Goodman

J. Kenneth Goodman

William Crowell

William Crowell

as 'Gyp' Lassiter ...

Earle Browne Cook

Earle Browne Cook

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