The Legacy (1978)

A millionaire and a million-dollar prostitute, a star-maker and a nation-killer, a woman whose lusts are as cold as graveyard snow...Five of the most powerful people in the world, gathered ... See full summary »

Director:

Richard Marquand

Writers:

Jimmy Sangster (screenplay), Patrick Tilley (screenplay),

Stars:

Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott, John Standing

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Katharine Ross	...	Margaret Walsh
Sam Elliott	...	Pete Danner
John Standing	...	Jason Mountolive
Ian Hogg	...	Harry
Margaret Tyzack	...	Nurse Adams
Charles Gray	...	Karl Liebnecht
Lee Montague	...	Jacques Grandier
Hildegard Neil	...	Barbara Kirstenburg
Marianne Broome	...	Maria Gabrieli
William Abney	...	Butler
Patsy Smart	...	Cook
Mathias Kilroy	...	Stable Lad
Reg Harding	...	Gardener
Roger Daltrey	...	Clive Jackson

Storyline

A millionaire and a million-dollar prostitute, a star-maker and a nation-killer, a woman whose lusts are as cold as graveyard snow...Five of the most powerful people in the world, gathered in an ancient mansion to inherit a Legacy of bloodsome horror. And Maggie makes six.

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Plot Keywords:

legacy | millionaire | mansion | dog | english estate | 

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Taglines:

Six came to claim it...

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 September 1979 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Legacy of Maggie Walsh

Filming Locations:

Loseley House, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$2,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

David Foster Productions, Pethurst Ltd., Turman-Foster Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Two years after its release, Sam Elliott gave an interview to Jerry Buck of the Associated Press in which he said about this movie: "I wouldn't rush out to see it. It's about fifteen years behind its time."

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Goofs

In an establishing shot, one of the rear tires of Mountolive's limo clips one of the spherical concrete bollards, which starts rapidly rolling along the drive revealing that it is fake.

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Quotes

Clive Jackson: [in Ravenhurst's drawing room] ... I always wanted to break into the music business, myself.
Jacques Grandier: [wryly] In most of Europe, he IS the music business.

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Connections

Referenced in Ban the Sadist Videos! (2005)

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Soundtracks

"Another Side of Me"
Sung by Kiki Dee
Music by Michael J. Lewis
Lyric by Gary Osborne

User Reviews

Death rites of Satan's riches

Young American woman and her blue-collar boyfriend (with a great butt!) take a decorating job in England, but quickly finds herself entangled in Satanic rites ceremony to which she will inherit all the dark powers of the red down under. At the party, the other guests start dropping dead.

Dull at times, but engaging death scenes and music. More subtlety is needed.