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6.9/10   64 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Robert Burns (poem)
William Spier (writer)
Release Date:
September 1972 (USA) more
Genre:
Plot:
Based on an ancient Scottish folk song, an older woman uses witchcraft to keep her young jet-set friends. full summary | full synopsis
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(2 articles)
The Forgotten: Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden
 (From The Auteurs. 20 November 2009, 3:26 PM, PST)

The Unseen (DVD Review)
 (From Fangoria. 23 March 2009, 7:00 PM, PDT)

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Horribly pretentious film will test your patience. more (6 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ava Gardner ... Michaela Cazaret

Ian McShane ... Tom Lynn
Richard Wattis ... Elroy
Cyril Cusack ... Vicar Julian Ainsley
Stephanie Beacham ... Janet Ainsley
David Whitman ... Oliver
Fabia Drake ... Miss Gibson
Sinéad Cusack ... Rose (as Sinead Cusack)

Joanna Lumley ... Georgia
Jenny Hanley ... Caroline
Madeline Smith ... Sue
Bruce Robinson ... Alan
Pamela Fairbrother ... Vanna (as Pamela Farbrother)
Rosemary Blake ... Kate
Michael Bills ... Michael
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Games and Toys (UK) (working title)
The Ballad of Tam-Lin
The Devil's Widow (USA)
The Devil's Woman
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Runtime:
106 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

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This is the only film directed by Roddy McDowall. more
Soundtrack:
The Best Part of You more

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2 out of 26 people found the following comment useful.
Horribly pretentious film will test your patience., 18 June 2002
2/10
Author: gridoon

What a terrible film! It's no wonder this is Roddy McDowall's only directorial effort ever; it's the kind of film nobody sees/likes/understands, and has only one category of possible defenders: those who like the "It's-incomprehensible-so-it-must-be-profound" school of filmmaking (examples: "Don't Look Now", "The Shout"). Has some tension at the end...enough for me to give it one star instead of none.

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