The Dungeon

The Dungeon

Drama, Crime, Horror | May 22, 1922

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.

The Dungeon

Drama, Crime, Horror | May 22, 1922

The Dungeon
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.
Producers Micheaux Film
Original title The Dungeon
Directors Oscar Micheaux
Writers Oscar Micheaux

Cast

William Fountaine

as Stephen Cameron (as William E. Fountaine)

Shingzie Howard

as Myrtle Downing

William Crowell

as 'Gyp' Lassiter (as W.B.F. Crowell)