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Director:
Writers:
John Peacock (adaptation)
Dennis Wheatley (novel)
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Release Date:
July 1976 (USA) more
Tagline:
Warning! This Motion Picture Contains The Most Shocking Scenes This Side Of Hell! more
Plot:
An American occult novelist battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists, led by an excommunicated priest, who plan on using her as the representative of the Devil on Earth. full summary | add synopsis
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(4 articles)
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Cast

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Richard Widmark ... John Verney

Christopher Lee ... Father Michael Rayner
Honor Blackman ... Anna Fountain
Denholm Elliott ... Henry Beddows

Michael Goodliffe ... George De Grass

Nastassja Kinski ... Catherine
Eva Maria Meineke ... Eveline De Grass

Anthony Valentine ... David Kennedy
Derek Francis ... The Bishop
Izabella Telezynska ... Margaret

Constantine Gregory ... Kollde (as Constantin de Goguel)
Anna Bentinck ... Isabel
Irene Prador ... German matron
Brian Wilde ... Black Room attendant
Petra Peters ... Sister Helle
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Child of Satan (USA) (video title)
Die Braut des Satans (West Germany)
To the Devil... a Daughter (USA) (poster title)
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Runtime:
Germany:91 min | USA:95 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Trivia:
The preproduction was troubled by Hammer and EMI problems in finding a suitable name actor for Verney and a director too. more
Quotes:
Father Michael Rayner: It is not heresy, and I will not recant! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Devil's Disciples (2006) (V) more

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Not a bad send-off for Hammer., 22 February 2009
8/10
Author: Scott LeBrun from Winnipeg, Canada

The final horror film from the celebrated British studio was the second adaptation of a Dennis Wheatley novel to reach the screen, after "The Devil Rides Out" in the late 60's. Here, "Devil Rides Out" hero Christopher Lee is now the villain, Father Michael. He's a heretic priest with fiendish plans for ravishing young "nun" Katherine (Nastassja Kinski, in her first big role). Katherine is being protected by American occult novelist John Verney (Hollywood legend Richard Widmark of "Kiss of Death" fame, making for a most unlikely but very welcome hero for a Hammer film).

I will grant that the conclusion does feel a little rushed, and the special effect of a demonic puppet is below par for a film that does succeed in creating an ominous mood. It's a good plot with some effectively shocking moments, not the least of which is young Kinski's full frontal nudity late in the film. It's graphic, creepy, and allows its veteran cast a chance to really shine. Lee is superb in one of his best villainous parts, and Widmark is a likable and rock-solid presence as his adversary. Honor "Pussy Galore" Blackman offers a bright performance as Widmark's agent and Denholm Elliott of the first and third "Indiana Jones" films is perfectly jittery as Kinski's guilt-plagued father. Kinski is quite stunning, mixing a sense of untapped sexuality and demure innocence very well.

For a film with its share of detractors, I thought it was reasonably well executed and polished horror fare. It's well acted, grim, and has a bit of kick to it. The script and the characters are intelligent and overall it rates as a respectable swan song for the legendary studio that produced it.

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