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The Legacy (1978)

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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 »

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
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Margaret Walsh
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Pete Danner
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Jason Mountolive
Ian Hogg ...
Harry
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Nurse Adams
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Karl Liebnecht
Lee Montague ...
Jacques Grandier
Hildegard Neil ...
Barbara Kirstenburg
Marianne Broome ...
Maria Gabrieli
William Abney ...
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Patsy Smart ...
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Mathias Kilroy ...
Stable Lad
Reg Harding ...
Gardener
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Clive Jackson
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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. Written by John Coyne

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It is a birthright of living death... See more »

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Horror | Mystery

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14 September 1979 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

The Legacy of Maggie Walsh  »

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$2,500,000 (estimated)
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1.85 : 1
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Trivia

John Coyne was asked to write a novelization in six weeks to promote the movie, and Hollywood spent a lot of money to make it 'briefly' a best seller. See more »

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. See more »

Quotes

Karl Liebnecht: [Speaking to Marggie about the portrait of Margaret Walsingham] She vos dragged from ze haus unt burnt at ze stake on ze orters ov Elizabeth the Furst. She vos succeeded by her illegitimate dorter, who inherited all her velth, all her visdom unt all her POWER!
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Referenced in Ban the Sadist Videos! (2005) See more »

Soundtracks

"Another Side of Me"
Sung by Kiki Dee
Music by Michael J. Lewis
Lyric by Gary Osborne
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The Best Mumbo-Jumbo Hollywood Has Ever Cooked Up!
23 March 2011 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

Taking Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Indians", and giving it a satanic twist, really livens up the original story about a bunch of people who end up at a mansion, in this case to inherit the legacy of the owner. Katharine Ross and Sam Elliott star as an interior decorator and her husband hired to go to England to redesign a house. Upon arriving they rent a Motorcycle and sidecar and are almost killed when a rolls royce almost collides with them. The owner of the car invites them to his mansion for tea while the cycle is repaired. Little do they know this is the same man that has brought them to England. The next morning 5 people land by helicopter on the estate lawn. Each wears the same ring on their finger. When one of the newcomers a championship swimmer, drowns in the pool, something isn't right. Later that night Katharine Ross is summoned upstairs to receive the "blessing of the ring", by the very man who invited them to come and is now dying upstairs and looks to be much older when involved in the accident the day before. Now they are trapped in the house, each of the guests dies one by one. Each has sold his sold to the devil and only one can inherit the "Legacy". The best mumbo jumbo Hollywood has ever served up. Not dated at all, and the theme song by Kikki Dee is terrific! DON'T MISS THIS ONE!


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