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A Judgment in Stone

  • 1986
  • R
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
188
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A Judgment in Stone (1986)
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An English woman, psychotic and sexually repressed, murders her sadistic father, then moves to America. She soon secures a job as a maid for a wealthy family. Soon her severe psychosis and h... Read allAn English woman, psychotic and sexually repressed, murders her sadistic father, then moves to America. She soon secures a job as a maid for a wealthy family. Soon her severe psychosis and her attempts to keep her sexuality from asserting itself combine to cause trouble for all c... Read allAn English woman, psychotic and sexually repressed, murders her sadistic father, then moves to America. She soon secures a job as a maid for a wealthy family. Soon her severe psychosis and her attempts to keep her sexuality from asserting itself combine to cause trouble for all concerned.

  • Director
    • Ousama Rawi
  • Writers
    • Ruth Rendell
    • Elaine Waisglass
  • Stars
    • Rita Tushingham
    • Ross Petty
    • Shelley Peterson
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.3/10
    188
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ousama Rawi
    • Writers
      • Ruth Rendell
      • Elaine Waisglass
    • Stars
      • Rita Tushingham
      • Ross Petty
      • Shelley Peterson
    • 12User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Shelley Peterson, Ross Petty, Jessica Steen, and Rita Tushingham in A Judgment in Stone (1986)
    Jackie Burroughs and Rita Tushingham in A Judgment in Stone (1986)
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    Rita Tushingham
    Rita Tushingham
    • Eunice Parchman
    Ross Petty
    • George Coverdale
    Shelley Peterson
    • Jackie Coverdale
    Jonathan Crombie
    Jonathan Crombie
    • Bobby Coverdale
    Jessica Steen
    Jessica Steen
    • Melinda Coverdale
    Jackie Burroughs
    Jackie Burroughs
    • Joan Smith
    Tom Kneebone
    • Norman Smith
    Peter MacNeill
    Peter MacNeill
    • William
    Donald Ewer
    • Mr. Parchman
    Joyce Gordon
    Joyce Gordon
    • Aunt
    Aisha Bicknell
    • Young Eunice
    • (as Aisha Tushingham)
    Gary Krawford
    • Larry
    Wanda Cannon
    Wanda Cannon
    • Bernice
    Layne Coleman
    • Pastor
    Betty Harris
    • Teacher
    Sean Collins
    • Young Eunice's Schoolmate
    Julian Coutts
    • Young Eunice's Schoolmate
    Eileen Williams
    • Church Member
    • Director
      • Ousama Rawi
    • Writers
      • Ruth Rendell
      • Elaine Waisglass
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    • Trivia
      Directorial debut, and only film ever directed by, Ousama Rawi.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Serial Mom (1994)

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    6/10
    Interesting Psychodrama
    The Housekeeper is a reasonable adaptation of A Judgement in Stone with some dramatic license here and there. Rita Tushingham stars as an illiterate anti-social who murders her father and gets a job as the housekeeper to a wealthy family. She befriends the local busybody and religious freak and they develop a disturbing friendship that leads to murder.

    It's not too hard to see where The Housekeeper is going early on. You know the titular character will lose her mind and blood will be shed but this film is interesting enough to leave you wondering how this will all go down and it's still pretty grisly once it does.

    Tushingham is wonderful as Eunice and Jackie Burroughs plays to the cheap seats as Joan, the religious freak who gets Eunice mixed up in her own insanity. Everyone else is fine at best.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 24, 1987 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Presuda u kamenu
    • Filming locations
      • Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Castlehill-Kodiak
      • First Choice Canadian Communication Corporation
      • Global
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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