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Eye of the Devil (1967) Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1967
Running Times: 90 mins
Length: 8113 ft 2473 metres
Format: black and white 35mm
Ratio: 1.66:1
Sound: mono CREDITS
 PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Filmways Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Supervising Production Executive: Ben Kadish
Producers: John Calley, Martin Ransohoff
Production Manager: Sydney Streeter
SCRIPT
Script: Robin Estridge, Dennis Murphy
Novel: Day of the Arrow by
Philip Loraine
DIRECTION
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Assistantt Director: Basil Rayburn PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Erwin Hillier
Camera Operator: John Winbolt EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Ernest Walter MUSIC
Music: Gary McFarland SOUND
Recording Supervisor: A.W. Watkins
Sound Recording: Gerry Turner
Sound Editor: Allan Sones
Dubbing Mixer: J.B. Smith MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: John Furness
Deborah Kerr's Gowns: Julie Harris DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Elliot Scott
Title Designer: Maurice Binder LOCATIONS
Locations: Chateau d'Hauteford, France
Studio: MGM British Studios, Borehamwood, UK CAST
Deborah Kerr (Catherine de Montfaucon)
David Niven (Philippe de Montfaucon)
Donald Pleasence (Pere Dominic)
Edward Mulhare (Jean-Claude Ibert)
Flora Robson (Countess Estell)
Emlyn Williams (Alain de Montfaucon)
Sharon Tate (Odile)
David Hemmings (Christian de Caray)
John Le Mesurier (Dr Monnet)
Michael Miller (Grandec)
Donald Bisset (Rennard)
Pauline Letts (servant)
Robert Duncan (Jacques de Montfaucon)
Suky Appleby (Antoinette de Montfaucon) SUMMARY Vineyard owner Philippe de Montfaucon returns to his ancestral castle in Bellenac, France when a dry season causes the crop to fail. His wife Catherine is horrified to learn that his staff are about to enact an ancient pagan ritual that requires the marquis to sacrifice himself to save the crops. CAPSULE REVIEW Niven looks rather uncomfortable in this routine chiller, as do most of the rest of the cast. Thompson handles all this with his customary lack of finesse, though the unusual settings and the starry, though admittedly unenthusiastic looking, cast make it less of an endurance test than some of his other works. AVAILABILITY USA
Theatrical Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer CENSORSHIP HISTORY Finland
Rating: K-16 Norway
Rating: 15 Sweden
Rating: 15 TIMELINE
1967
April
24: Sweden - theatrical release
July
21: Finland - theatrical release POSTER TAGS we've got your number! Look at her long enough and she may be the last thing you'll ever see! ALTERNATIVE TITLES
13
Cerimonia per un delitto - Italian title
Det Djävulska ögat - Swedish title
El ojo del diablo - Spanish title
Pahan silmä - Finnish title
Die Schwarze 13 - German title
Die Schwarze Dreizehn - German title
LINKS FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
All Eyes On Sharon Tate (1967) SEE ALSO
Charles Manson Superstar (1989) REFERENCES BOOKS English Gothic p.139
illustrated review (by Jonathan Rigby) Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.128
credits, review KEYWORDS
human sacrifices, the occult, old dark houses, pagans,
rituals, vineyards, aristocrats, forests, france, harvests, priests,
superstitions
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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