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6.6/10   838 votes
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Director:
Jerzy Skolimowski
Writers:
Robert Graves (story)
Michael Austin (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
June 1978 (UK) more
Genre:
Horror | Drama more
Tagline:
A film of intense perversity - the madness of the mind.
Plot:
A traveller by the name of Crossley, forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
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User Comments:
Hypnotic but confusing story which is suddenly made clear in that last scene. more (27 total)

Cast

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Alan Bates ... Crossley
Susannah York ... Rachel Fielding

John Hurt ... Anthony Fielding
Robert Stephens ... Medical Man

Tim Curry ... Robert Graves
Julian Hough ... Vicar
Carol Drinkwater ... Wife
John Rees ... Inspector

Jim Broadbent ... Fielder in cowpat
Susan Wooldridge ... Harriet
Nick Stringer ... Cobbler
Colin Higgins
Peter Benson
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Runtime:
86 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:12 | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | UK:15 | USA:R | Norway:16
Filming Locations:
Devon, England, UK more
Company:
Rank Organisation, The more

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The first cinema film of Jim Broadbent. more

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Hypnotic but confusing story which is suddenly made clear in that last scene., 4 May 1999
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Author: Aldanoli from Ukiah, California

Something strange is going on at the cricket match: Alan Bates tells Tim Curry a story about Bates' relationship with a musician (John Hurt) and the musician's wife (Susannah York)and about Bates' supposed ability to "shout" a man to death . . . is Bates re-telling a true story or making things up as he goes along? This movie has perhaps one of the most extraordinary endings on film: the disconnected and confusing events that have been swirling past suddenly fuse, and become understandable, in the wordless final scene (you have to have been paying attention, though). Kudos to Bates, Hurt, York, and director Jerzy Skolimowski for a hypnotic tale that unfolds partly like a mystery, partly like an anacrostic-and which feels all the more satisfying once you've worked your way through it.

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