A millionaire, a million-dollar prostitute, a star-maker, a nation-killer, a woman whose lusts are as cold as graveyard snow...Five of the most powerful people in the world, and Maggie ...
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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 | |
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Hildegard Neil | ... | Barbara Kirstenburg |
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Marianne Broome | ... | Maria Gabrieli |
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William Abney | ... | Butler |
| Patsy Smart | ... | Cook | |
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Mathias Kilroy | ... | Stable Lad |
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Reg Harding | ... | Gardener |
| Roger Daltrey | ... | Clive Jackson | |
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A millionaire, a million-dollar prostitute, a star-maker, a nation-killer, a woman whose lusts are as cold as graveyard snow...Five of the most powerful people in the world, and Maggie makes six, gather in an ancient mansion to inherit a Legacy of bloodsome horror. Written by John Coyne
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man in shower | male nudity | buttocks | barefoot man | horse riding |Taglines:
It is an evil beyond exorcism. See more »Genres:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
14 September 1979 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$2,500,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Pete Danner: [with a shrug] Whatever it is, he's doing it right.
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Sung by Kiki Dee
Music by Michael J. Lewis
Lyric by Gary Osborne
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Sam Elliott and Katharine Ross met and fell in love when they co-starred in this film. They married in 1984 and are still together. See more »Goofs
In the reflection of the car when the car stops in front of the house while they're trying to escape. See more »Quotes
Margaret Walsh: [as they approach Ravenhurst, the Mountolive family's dazzling residence] ... So what do you suppose this Mr. Mountolive does for a living?Pete Danner: [with a shrug] Whatever it is, he's doing it right.
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Another Side of MeSung by Kiki Dee
Music by Michael J. Lewis
Lyric by Gary Osborne
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The Legacy suffers from a crisis of identity. On the one hand, it's a horror movie, with the requisite supernatural elements and inexplicable occurrences. On the other hand, it's a mystery in the cozy, Agatha Christie style, set in a large Victorian mansion in the English countryside, with corpses turning up left and right.
Of course, there's no law against blending genres. To do so successfully, however, takes a defter hand than is evident here. The result is an incoherent mess that leaves the viewer feeling cheated. The actors do their collective best, but this one's beyond help.