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Director:
T.Y. Drake
Writers:
David Curnick (based on a story by) and
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Genre:
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Tagline:
Christopher Lee, master of the macabre, takes you and his patients to the brink of insanity.
Plot:
The Keeper of Underwood Asylum has the mental patients of the wealthiest families in British Columbia... See more » | Add synopsis »
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Cast

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Christopher Lee ... The Keeper
Tell Schreiber ... Dick Driver
Sally Gray ... Mae B. Jones
Ross Vezarian ... Inspector Clarke
Ian Tracey ... The Kid
Bing Jensen ... Danny
Jack Leavy ... The Biggs Twins (as Jack)
Leo Leavy ... The Biggs Twins
Malcolm Britton ... The Homicide Squad
Michael Meade ... The Homicide Squad
Burke Lundy ... The Homicide Squad
David Engleman ... The Inmates
Wendy Who ... The Inmates
Victor Mallia ... The Inmates
Laura Thaw ... The Inmates
Alex Kliner ... The Inmates
Vikki Vogel ... The Inmates
Paddy White ... The Inmates
Edith Powell ... The Inmates
Christian Bruyère ... The Cops (as Christian Bruyere)
Denton Coates ... The Cops

Rod Padmos ... The Cops (as Rod Padmus)
Tom Jesse ... The Cops / Ambulance Attendants
Anthony Roy McKinley ... The Cops / Glazier
Margee Bruyere ... The Ladies
Jeanie McKinnon ... The Ladies
Linda Grabler White ... The Ladies
Joyce Williams ... The Ladies
Peggy Hart ... The Ladies
Ian Newby ... Ambulance Attendants
Bob Hetherington ... Newspaper Vendor
Phillipa Malczewska ... Hotel Guests
Richard Keymer ... Hotel Guests
Victor Dela Lux ... Off Screen Voices (voice)
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Directed by
T.Y. Drake 
 
Writing credits
David Curnick (based on a story by) and
Donald Wilson (based on a story by)

T.Y. Drake (written by)

Produced by
Pattie Robertson .... associate producer
Donald Wilson .... producer
 
Original Music by
Erich Hoyt 
 
Cinematography by
Doug McKay 
 
Film Editing by
George Johnson 
Sally Paterson 
 
Art Direction by
Keith Pepper 
 
Costume Design by
Edna Bratt 
 
Makeup Department
Margee Bruyere .... hairstyles: women
Pentti Taivainen .... makeup artist (as Penti Taivainen)
 
Production Management
Martin Walters .... production manager (as R. Martin Walters)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Martin Walters .... assistant director (as R. Martin Walters)
 
Art Department
Elinor Barg .... assistant to art director
Penny Jackson .... assistant to art director
Tom Jesse .... special set construction
Mark King .... props assistant
Jim Skerl .... special set construction
Reg Tunnicliffe .... property master
Bill Venable .... key carpenter
Peter Young .... set dresser
 
Sound Department
John Bennest .... sound mixer
B.J. Clayden .... boom operator (as B. J. Claydon)
Zale Dalen .... sound
 
Special Effects by
Al Razutis .... special effects
 
Stunts
Sean Gorman .... stunts
Michael Meade .... stunts
John Wardlow .... stunt coordinator (as John)
John Wardlow .... stunts
Keith Wardlow .... stunt coordinator (as Kieth Wardlow)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Cyrus Block .... first assistant camera
Adam Drake .... assistant grip
Roger Huyghe .... best boy
Jan Martell .... second assistant camera
Christopher McKay .... additional still photographer
Bill Newbery .... gaffer (as Bill Newbury)
Fred Ransom .... key grip
Gayle Scott .... production still photographer
 
Editorial Department
Victoria Plummer .... assistant film editor (as Victoria Plummer Duggan)
 
Music Department
Steven Drake .... music assistant
 
Other crew
Carol Fisher .... caterer
Erich Hoyt .... production assistant
Peggy Kennan .... publicist
Sally Paterson .... continuity
Sally Paterson .... script supervisor
Elizabeth Pontsa .... production secretary
Claudia Stone .... caterer
Bob Strazicich .... production assistant
 
Thanks
Graeme Valde .... special thanks
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Runtime:
USA:88 min
Country:
Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:R
Filming Locations:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Company:
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2 out of 8 people found the following review useful.
T.Y. Drake's The Keeper, 14 June 2002
Author: Charles Tatum from North Dakota

Christopher Lee, who proved he would take any acting part in the

1970's, fails again in this really dumb Canadian suspenser.

Lee is the title character, who runs an insane asylum. He likes to

hypnotize his patients, and he is making sure their families all

meet tragic ends so he will be the guardian of their money. Enter

our hero (and I use the term loosely), private investigator Dick

Driver. He is hired by an anonymous client and puts his female

partner undercover at the mental home. Driver has many run ins

with the local "funny" (I use the term loosely) police inspector. A

local shoeshine boy is Driver's eyes and ears, feeding him

information, and overbuffing his loafers. It seems the police also

have someone undercover in the asylum. The anonymous client, a

Mr. Biggs, also has a twin brother in the asylum. With all these

planted people in the asylum, it is surprising that Lee has anyone

left to hypnotize out of their money.

The police always seem to have a cop on the grounds, but they

never seem to see anything that would warrant an arrest. Lee

uses a small locked room for his experiments on his patients,

complete with disco lights, a two way mirror, and an electroshock

chair, much like Hugh Hefner's boudoir. The film takes place

sometime in the 1940's or 1950's, but you only know that when old

cars suddenly appear. I have, however, seen better special effects

in the 1940's and 1950's, as here all we have to indicate hypnosis

are psychedelic images and silly twirling animation.

Tell Schreiber, as Dick, is awful. His idea of acting is to point at

whoever he is talking to. Lee looks completely lost here, the film

makers give him a cane to lean on, yet there is no explanation for

his character's handicap. His final look into the camera is

supposed to be scary, it comes off as pleading and helpless.

This is amateur film making at its worst. I have seen better pacing

and production values on "America's Funniest Home Videos"

entries. Drake's direction is awful. His cowritten screenplay has no

idea how to proceed forward in time, giving us long boring

dialogue scenes that do nothing but pad the film.

This is terrible stuff, as if the film's cast and crew did not care. This

translates into a stiff, boring, cheap film that features a respected

actor slumming in a role that was probably written on a napkin.

Very sad. This ain't a Keeper.

This is unrated but probably equivalent to a (PG), and contains

some physical violence and some gun violence.

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