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Death Line

  • 19721972
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 27m
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5.9/10
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Death Line (1972)
When a government official disappears in the London tunnels, after several reports of missing people in the same location, Scotland Yard start to take the matter seriously, along with a couple who stumble into a victim by accident.
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When a government official disappears in the London tunnels, after several reports of missing people in the same location, Scotland Yard start to take the matter seriously, along with a coup... Read allWhen a government official disappears in the London tunnels, after several reports of missing people in the same location, Scotland Yard start to take the matter seriously, along with a couple who stumble into a victim by accident.When a government official disappears in the London tunnels, after several reports of missing people in the same location, Scotland Yard start to take the matter seriously, along with a couple who stumble into a victim by accident.
IMDb RATING
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4.7K
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POPULARITY
19,381
2,470
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    • Director
      • Gary Sherman
    • Writers
      • Ceri Jones(screenplay)
      • Gary Sherman(original story)
    • Stars
      • Donald Pleasence
      • Norman Rossington
      • David Ladd
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Gary Sherman
    • Writers
      • Ceri Jones(screenplay)
      • Gary Sherman(original story)
    • Stars
      • Donald Pleasence
      • Norman Rossington
      • David Ladd
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 108User reviews
    • 90Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Death Line (1972)
    Sharon Gurney in Death Line (1972)
    Norman Rossington in Death Line (1972)
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    Norman Rossington in Death Line (1972)
    David Ladd in Death Line (1972)
    David Ladd in Death Line (1972)
    Donald Pleasence and Norman Rossington in Death Line (1972)

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    Donald Pleasence
    Donald Pleasence
    • Inspector Calhoun
    Norman Rossington
    Norman Rossington
    • Detective Sergeant Rogers
    David Ladd
    David Ladd
    • Alex Campbell
    Sharon Gurney
    Sharon Gurney
    • Patricia Wilson
    Hugh Armstrong
    • The 'Man'
    June Turner
    • The 'Woman'
    Clive Swift
    Clive Swift
    • Inspector Richardson
    James Cossins
    James Cossins
    • James Manfred, OBE
    Heather Stoney
    • W.P.C. Alice Marshall
    Hugh Dickson
    Hugh Dickson
    • Dr. Bacon
    Jack Woolgar
    • Platform Inspector
    Ron Pember
    • Lift Operator
    Colin McCormack
    • Police Constable 1
    Gary Winkler
    • Police Constable 2
    James Culliford
    • Publican (Jimmy)
    Suzanne Winkler
    • Prostitute
    Gerry Crampton
    Gerry Crampton
    • Tunnel Worker
    Terence Plummer
    Terence Plummer
    • Tunnel Worker
    • (as Terry Plummer)
    • Director
      • Gary Sherman
    • Writers
      • Ceri Jones(screenplay)
      • Gary Sherman(original story)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Christopher Lee agreed to do the film for scale because he wanted to work with Donald Pleasence. Despite this, the two never share the screen together due to their large height difference (Lee was 6ft5 and Pleasence is 5ft6). Director Gary Sherman kept them in separate shots until Lee sits down at the end of the scene so that he wouldn't have issues fitting them both into the same frame.
    • Goofs
      At Russell Square Station there is a platform sign saying, "Way Out and District Line." The District line goes nowhere near Russell Square.
    • Quotes

      [repeated line]

      The 'Man': Mind the doors!

    • Alternate versions
      The original UK cinema and video versions were cut by the BBFC to heavily edit the broom impalement, a shot of a spade in a man's head, the cannibal biting off a rat's head, and his pursuit and attempted rape of Sharon Gurney. The full uncut version was finally passed by the BBFC for the DVD release in March 2006.
    • Connections
      Featured in Nightmare Festival (1989)

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    7/10
    See it - to believe it...
    One every so often you come across a real, unclassifiable gem - one of those low-budget cult movies you see, late at night on TV, then spend years thereafter raving about to your puzzled, disbelieving friends. "See, there's this disused Tube tunnel, with a tribe of degenerate Victorian plague cannibals down there, and they pull people off the platform and eat them, only sometimes they try to mate with them... and Donald Pleasance gives possibly the most monumentally weird performance of his LIFE... and there's this really cheesy proto-electronic score... and... and... and..." As folks wander away from you, shaking their heads sadly, you do not mind. You smile. For you have seen Death Line.
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    • prince_lazy_i
    • Jan 5, 2002

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    • Release date
      • September 14, 1973 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Raw Meat
    • Filming locations
      • Aldwych Underground Station, Aldwych, Holborn, London, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Harbor Ventures
      • K-L Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 27 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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