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{{for|the 1973 British television film|Frankenstein: The True Story}}
{{Infobox television
| image              =
| caption            = 
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| genre              = Horror
| creator            = 
| based_on           = {{Based on|''[[Frankenstein]]''|[[Mary Shelley]]}}
| developer          = 
| writer             = [[Sam Hall (writer)|Sam Hall]]<br>[[Dan Curtis]]
| screenplay         = Richard H. Landau
| story              = 
| director           = [[Glenn Jordan]]
| starring           = [[Robert Foxworth]]<br>[[Susan Strasberg]]<br>[[Bo Svenson]]
| music              = [[Robert Cobert]]
| country            = United States
| language           = English
| executive_producer = 
| producer           = Dan Curtis
| location           = 
| cinematography     = Ben Colman
| editor             = [[Dennis Virkler]]
| camera             = 
| runtime            = 180 minutes
| company            = Dan Curtis Productions
| budget             = 
| network            = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| released           = {{Start date|1973|1|16}} 
}}

'''''Frankenstein''''' is a 1973 American [[television movie|television]] [[movie adaptation]] of [[Mary Shelley]]'s 1818 novel ''[[Frankenstein|Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus]]'' adapted by [[Sam Hall (writer)|Sam Hall]] and ''[[Dark Shadows]]'' creator [[Dan Curtis]], with [[Robert Foxworth]] in the title role and [[Bo Svenson]] as [[Frankenstein's monster|the Monster]].

==Plot summary==
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==Cast==
* [[Robert Foxworth]] as Dr. [[Victor Frankenstein]]
* [[Susan Strasberg]] as [[Elizabeth Lavenza]]
* [[Bo Svenson]] as [[Frankenstein's monster|The Monster]]
* [[Robert Gentry (actor)|Robert Gentry]] as Dr. Henry Clerval
* Heidi Vaughn as Agatha DeLacey
* [[Philip Bourneuf]] as Alphonse Frankenstein
* [[Robert Gentry (actor)|Robert Gentry]] as Henri Clerval
* [[Jon Lormer]] as Charles DeLacey
* [[William Hansen (actor)|William Hansen]] as [[Doctor Waldman|Professor Waldman]]
* [[John Karlen]] as Otto Roget
* [[Willie Aames]] as William Frankenstein

==Production==
The [[Robert Cobert]] score was not original to this film. Cobert used musical cues from ''[[Dark Shadows]]'' and [[Dan Curtis]]' adaptation of ''[[The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]].''{{sfn|Thompson|2009|p=96}}

The film was shown over two nights on ''[[ABC's Wide World of Entertainment|ABC's Wide World of Mystery]]''.{{sfn|Deal|2014|p=69}} Part 1 of the film was shown on the same night, and on the same network, as another of Curtis' productions, ''[[The Night Strangler (film)|The Night Strangler]]''.{{sfn|Deal|2014|p=71}} The film was quickly overshadowed by the more lavishly budgeted ''[[Frankenstein: The True Story]]'' which premiered later that same year.{{sfn|Thompson|2009|p=97}}{{sfn|Deal|2014|p=71}}

==Reception==
At the time of its release, the film garnered praise. ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called the film "extraordinary entertainment."{{sfn|Thompson|2009|p=97}} The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' said it was "quite a handsome show, with huge, foreboding sets and a splendid array of special effects."{{sfn|Thompson|2009|p=97}} [[Radu Florescu]]'s ''In Search of Frankenstein'' declared it "probably the most faithful rendering the screen has yet seen."{{sfn|Thompson|2009|p=97}}

==See also==
* [[List of films featuring Frankenstein's monster]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

===Sources===
* {{citation|last=Allard|first=Jeff|title=Dan Curtis' Frankenstein|url=https://comingsoon.net/horror/news/708186-dan-curtis-frankenstein|publisher=[[Comingsoon.net]]|date=November 5, 2007|access-date=March 23, 2017}} 
* {{citation|last=Deal|first=David|title=Television Fright Films of the 1970s|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|year=2014|ISBN=9780786455140}}
* {{citation|last=Thompson|first=Jeff|title=The Television Horrors of Dan Curtis: Dark Shadows, The Night Stalker and Other Productions, 1966-2006|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|year=2009|ISBN=9780786453375}}
* {{citation|last=Van Dreason|first=Jeff|title=DVD Review: Dan Curtis' Frankenstein|url=http://www.chud.com/13207/dvd-review-dan-curtis-frankenstein/|publisher=[[CHUD.com]]|date=January 8, 2008|access-date=March 23, 2017}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0070073|Frankenstein: Part 1}}
* {{IMDb title|1356388|Frankenstein: Part 2}}
* {{TCMDb title|id=461000}}

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