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Legend of the Werewolf

  • 19751975
  • 1h 25m
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Legend of the Werewolf (1975)
Horror
Paris, 19th century. A man who has been raised by wolves works at a zoo. But on full moon nights he transforms into a dangerous beast. Professor Paul is in charge of hunting him down as the ... Read allParis, 19th century. A man who has been raised by wolves works at a zoo. But on full moon nights he transforms into a dangerous beast. Professor Paul is in charge of hunting him down as the young man develops an obsession for a prostitute.Paris, 19th century. A man who has been raised by wolves works at a zoo. But on full moon nights he transforms into a dangerous beast. Professor Paul is in charge of hunting him down as the young man develops an obsession for a prostitute.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
863
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
33,429
13,147
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    • Director
      • Freddie Francis
    • Writer
      • Anthony Hinds
    • Stars
      • Peter Cushing
      • Ron Moody
      • Hugh Griffith
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    • Director
      • Freddie Francis
    • Writer
      • Anthony Hinds
    • Stars
      • Peter Cushing
      • Ron Moody
      • Hugh Griffith
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    • 29User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
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    Peter Cushing, Ron Moody, and David Rintoul in Legend of the Werewolf (1975)
    Peter Cushing, Ron Moody, and David Rintoul in Legend of the Werewolf (1975)
    Peter Cushing and Roy Castle in Legend of the Werewolf (1975)
    Peter Cushing, Stefan Gryff, John Harvey, and David Rintoul in Legend of the Werewolf (1975)
    Peter Cushing in Legend of the Werewolf (1975)
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    Peter Cushing
    Peter Cushing
    • Professor Paul
    Ron Moody
    Ron Moody
    • Zoo Keeper
    Hugh Griffith
    Hugh Griffith
    • Maestro Pamponi
    Roy Castle
    Roy Castle
    • Photographer
    David Rintoul
    David Rintoul
    • Etoile
    Stefan Gryff
    • Max Gerard
    Lynn Dalby
    • Christine
    Renee Houston
    Renee Houston
    • Chou-Chou
    • (as Renée Houston)
    Marjorie Yates
    • Madame Tellier
    Norman Mitchell
    Norman Mitchell
    • Tiny
    Mark Weavers
    • Young Etoile
    David Bailie
    David Bailie
    • Boulon
    Hilary Farr
    Hilary Farr
    • Zoe
    • (as Hilary Labow)
    Elaine Baillie
    • Annabelle
    Michael Ripper
    Michael Ripper
    • Sewerman
    Patrick Holt
    Patrick Holt
    • Dignitary
    John Harvey
    • Prefect
    Pamela Green
    Pamela Green
    • Anne-Marie
    • Director
      • Freddie Francis
    • Writer
      • Anthony Hinds
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    • Trivia
      This was Renee Houston's final film before her death on February 9, 1980 at the age of 77.
    • Goofs
      At c. 23 minutes the freshly opened champagne has negligible fizz when it is poured.
    • Quotes

      Prof. Paul: He's all right; he won't harm you, but you musn't reject him!

    • Connections
      Featured in Peter Cushing: A One-Way Ticket to Hollywood (1989)

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    5/10
    LEGEND OF THE WEREWOLF (Freddie Francis, 1975) **
    This was among my earliest recollections of watching a horror film, which occurred in the early 80s via a local TV broadcast (when my family still had a black-and-white set); therefore, I was very much looking forward to re-acquainting myself with it - though, as it doesn't seem to have much of a reputation, it's proved virtually impossible to find until now!

    Anyway, I'm glad to say that I liked it quite a bit still: in essence, it's a revamping of Hammer Films' CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF (1961) - by the same writer, John Elder (aka Anthony Hinds), no less - but made this time for the short-lived Tyburn company. The script, in fact, returns the story to its original Paris setting - CURSE having been inspired by Guy Endore's "The Werewolf Of Paris" - and again pits our hirsute hero in the midst of a complicated romantic attachment (a prostitute rather than a merchant's daughter) whose development (the girl is unwilling to give up her profession at first) could or could not control his affliction; still, this element isn't quite as well integrated into the narrative here as it was in the Hammer version - and the decision to allow the lycanthrope to speak briefly, WEREWOLF OF London (1935)-style, was perhaps a mistake. Of course, the film features several other Hammer alumni - director Francis, composer Harry Robinson and, from the cast, Peter Cushing and Michael Ripper (in a cameo as a tramp and one of the werewolf's victims).

    The visibly reduced budget allows for little real period atmosphere - despite traveling show, zoo and brothel - but the film is pacy and enjoyable enough to overcome such limitations; still, the werewolf scenes aren't exactly inspired - resorting mainly to either red-tinted POV shots (which, obviously, didn't register during my first viewing of the film) or close-ups of its bare and bloodied fangs - and, while I've always been partial to the silver-haired make-up myself, it's only seen in full at the very end (much like CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF, actually)!

    David Rintoul offers no real challenge to Lon Chaney Jr.'s definitive werewolf - or Oliver Reed from CURSE, for that matter; in fact, the most notable cast members are the three top-billed veterans: Hugh Griffith is the owner of the traveling show who raises the wolf-boy (though he disappears from the narrative after the first 20 minutes or so) and Ron Moody plays the eccentric zoo-keeper who employs Rintoul (and whose grounds are used as recreation area by the prostitutes, which is how the young man meets his beloved!), but the film truly belongs to Cushing as the unflappable police surgeon - I've rarely seen him so relaxed (particularly during this latter phase of his career) and he's clearly enjoying every minute of it...though his character gradually turns sleuth and, ultimately, bent on 'treating' Rintoul rather than capturing him (but such radical ideas are not shared by his convention-bound colleagues).

    The film also generates some tension during Rintoul's confrontation scenes with his girl's madame (at one point, he even breaks into the brothel through a window to assault a client), as well as the climax set in the Paris sewers (which had allowed the werewolf to move about without being seen).
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    • Release date
      • March 27, 1978 (Turkey)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Die Legende vom Werwolf
    • Filming locations
      • Black Park, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Tyburn Film Productions Limited
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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