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The Beast Must Die (1974)

PG  93 min  -  Horror | Mystery   -  April 1974 (USA)
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Eight people are shrouded with the mystery behind the werewolf, and only one of them is! It's up to the viewer to find out!

Director:

Paul Annett

Writers:

Michael Winder (screenplay), James Blish (story), and 2 more credits »

Stars:

Calvin Lockhart, Peter Cushing and Marlene Clark
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Calvin Lockhart Calvin Lockhart ...
Tom Newcliffe
Peter Cushing ...
Dr. Christopher Lundgren
Marlene Clark Marlene Clark ...
Caroline Newcliffe
Charles Gray ...
Arthur Bennington
Anton Diffring Anton Diffring ...
Pavel
Ciaran Madden Ciaran Madden ...
Davina Gilmore
Tom Chadbon ...
Paul Foote
Michael Gambon ...
Jan Jarmokowski
Sam Mansary Sam Mansary ...
Butler (as Sam Mansaray)
Andrew Lodge Andrew Lodge ...
Pilot
Carl Bohen Carl Bohen ...
1st Hunter (as Carl Bohun)
Eric Carte ...
2nd Hunter
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Storyline

Tom Newcliffe, a rich businessman and expert hunter summons six guests to his huge country estate which he has rigged up with video cameras and a high-tech security system. He tells them and his surprised wife that they are all to stay over a weekend and that all of them will be kept on the estate during that weekend. For each guest, dead bodies have followed in their wake and the way that the dead have been murdered means that one of the guest is a werewolf and Tom has summoned his guests here to discover who it is and to hunt it down... The film has a clip at the beginning asking people in the audience to try to identify the werewolf and near the end there is a 30-second "Werewolf Break" for the audience to think over the evidence... Written by Lee Horton <Leeh@tcp.co.uk>  

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Plot Keywords:

Werewolf | Guest | Hunt | Based On Short Story | Werewolf Bite  | See more »

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One of these eight people will turn into a werewolf. Can you guess who it is when we stop the film for the WEREWOLF BREAK? See it ... solve it ... but don't tell!

Genres:

Horror | Mystery

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Black Werewolf See more »

Filming Locations:

Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Amicus Productions, British Lion Film Corporation See more »
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Technical Specs

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Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1
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Trivia

Robert Quarry was originally slated to play the lead, but at the last minute the film's producers went with Calvin Lockhart instead in order to capitalize on the then hot blaxploitation craze. See more »

Goofs

Plot holes: Tom Newcliffe invites several people to his estate because he is convinced one of them is a werewolf and intends to identify and hunt the one who is. After dinner the first evening, he explains this to the gathered people. Newcliffe goes from one guest to the next, explaining how he suspects each of being a werewolf. However, he does NOT indicate that he has conclusively (or at least to his satisfaction) confirmed the existence of one werewolf and determined that its normal human form must be one of his invitees, but instead outlines evidence that each person, independently of the others, might be A werewolf. Given the existence of such creatures, Newcliffe has presented a situation in which anywhere from none to all of his special guests might be werewolves rather than one, no more and no less. See more »

Quotes

Caroline Newcliffe: I'm terribly sorry about Tom
Arthur Bennington: There's a man I know on Harley Street. I think Tom should pay him a visit.
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Crazy Credits

After the end credits are over, there is a blue light flashing over the black screen at short intervals, revealing what seems to be a face in the dark. This goes on for about a minute. See more »

Connections

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