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Director:
Writers:
Robert Graves (story)
Michael Austin (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
June 1978 (UK) more
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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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1 win & 1 nomination more
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(4 articles)
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A brilliant puzzle of a movie. Original and haunting. more (27 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast)| 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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86 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:12 | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | UK:15 | USA:R | Norway:16
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The first cinema film of Jim Broadbent. more
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'The Shout' is one of the most underrated thrillers of the 70s, and should be spoken of in the same breath as the much more celebrated 'Don't Look Now' and 'The Wicker Man'. All three put complex and original adult approaches to the supernatural thriller genre. Alan Bates ('Whistle Down The Wind') really shines in this movie as the mysterious and charismatic stranger cum shaman Crossley, who turns a comfortably bohemian middle class marriage upside down. The couple are played by John Hurt ('The Elephant Man') and Susannah York ('Superman'), and they are both first rate, as is Tim Curry ('Rocky Horror') in a smaller but important supporting role. But as good as they all are this is Bates' movie all the way in an unforgettable performance. A haunting, dreamlike puzzle of a movie that improves with multiple viewings. Highly recommended!