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Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971)
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8 February 1980 (West Germany)
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She's Taking A STAB At Motherhood! more
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A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist. full summary | add synopsis
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Certainly Not the Gingerbread Man!
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(Complete credited cast)| Shelley Winters | ... | Mrs. Forrest | |
| Mark Lester | ... | Christopher | |
| Chloe Franks | ... | Katy | |
| Ralph Richardson | ... | Mr. Benton | |
| Lionel Jeffries | ... | Inspector Willoughby | |
| Hugh Griffith | ... | Mr. Harrison | |
| Rosalie Crutchley | ... | Miss Henley | |
| Pat Heywood | ... | Dr. Mason | |
| Judy Cornwell | ... | Clarine | |
| Michael Gothard | ... | Albie | |
| Jacqueline Cowper | ... | Angela | |
| Richard Beaumont | ... | Peter | |
| Charlotte Sayce | ... | Katharine | |
| Marianne Stone | ... | Miss Wilcox |
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According to Judy Cornwell's memoirs, Shelley Winters discovered that Cornwell had got good reviews in Wuthering Heights (1970) and demanded Cornwell's role was cut to the bone.
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Referenced in Running Scared (2006)
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I had the fortunate circumstance to see this double-billed as a very young child with Bava'a Baron Blood. Some of the scenes remained in my mind - particularly the creepy figure of Shelley Winters. I recently set out to see the film again some 30 years later. I remembered more than I thought I had, and the film came back to me in large part. This is not a bad film nor a good film. As another reviewer noted, it is a pleasant, harmless time-waster - for those of us who enjoy "wasting" time on such things. Mark Lester and Chloe Franks play two orphans at an orphanage. Franks has an uncanny resemblance to the dead daughter of the orphanage's greatest patroness and benefactress, Shelley Winters. Winters is so good to the kiddies that every year she invites them to her sumptuous home at Christmas for yuletide fun. She has virtually no interest in Lester but soon has the keenest of hearts for the young Franks as her dead daughter's look-a-like. Well, Lester is a growing teen rebelling, Winters decays into some form of madness, a cast of stalwart British character actors such as Sir Ralph Richardson, Hugh Griffith, and Lionel Jeffries ably aid the story, and that story degenerates/diffuses into some sinister tale not unlike Hansel and Gretel. Well, the movie has a poor story overall - but Winter's fine performance albeit over-the-top to be sure does add emotional depth to it. Director Curtis Harrington is very able behind the camera if not dazzling.