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16/06/1978 Thriller, Mystery, Horror 1h 26m
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A film of intense perversity - the madness of the mind.

Overview

A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.

  1. Jerzy Skolimowski

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Alan Bates

    Charles Crossley

  2. Susannah York

    Rachel Fielding

  3. John Hurt

    Anthony Fielding

  4. Robert Stephens

    Chief Medical Officer

  5. Tim Curry

    Robert Graves

  6. Julian Hough

    Vicar

  7. Carol Drinkwater

    Cobbler's Wife

  8. John Rees

    Inspector

  9. Jim Broadbent

    Fielder in Cowpat

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Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by rogerco
Written by rogerco on 2020-12-24
I remember seeing this when it first came out (1978) and thinking it a bit overblown. Just watched it again (2020) after it was featured in a list of films containing an English cricket match (a short list; The Go Between from the same period is another one, also with Alan Bates in a similar role)

It now seems a bit better than I remembered despite some inconsistencies and plot holes. Alan Bates, for all his brooding lumbering around, never quite pulls off the surreal menace that the role of Crossley, the man with The Shout That Can Kill, demands.

John Hurt as Anthony the philandering cu...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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