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Overview

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5.6/10   422 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Radley Metzger (screenplay)
John Willard (play)
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Release Date:
19 November 1979 (Norway) more
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Tagline:
For God's sake, stay in your rooms and lock the doors!
Plot:
A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Intriguing if talky mystery. more (19 total)

Cast

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Honor Blackman ... Susan Sillsby
Michael Callan ... Paul Jones
Edward Fox ... Hendricks
Wendy Hiller ... Allison Crosby

Olivia Hussey ... Cicily Young
Beatrix Lehmann ... Mrs. Pleasant
Carol Lynley ... Annabelle West
Daniel Massey ... Harry Blythe

Peter McEnery ... Charlie Wilder
Wilfrid Hyde-White ... Cyrus West (as Wilfrid Hyde White)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
98 min | Germany:89 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Daniel Massey was cast at short notice. more
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Hendricks: Weapons can be as dangerous as maniacs. more
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References The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) more

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3 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Intriguing if talky mystery., 3 November 2002
6/10
Author: gridoon

If drawing-room-type murder mysteries with a comic touch are your cup of tea, then you can't go wrong with this one. It's not as good as, say, "Murder by Death" or the best Agatha Christie adaptations, and there are some overly talky sequences that exist mainly to showcase the actors and lead nowhere. But it holds your interest, and has some very good acting, especially by Wilfrid Hyde-White in a most unusual cameo. (**1/2)

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