Against the Crowd: Murrain (1975)

Country of Origin: UK
Date of Original Broadcast: 27 July 1975
Episode Running Times: 55m
Length:
Format: videotape
Colour Format: colour
Sound:

DIRECTION

Director: John Cooper

CREW

PRODUCTION
Production Company: ATV
Copyright: © ATV Network Limited MCMLXXV
Producer: Nicholas Palmer

SCRIPT
By: Nigel Kneale

PHOTOGRAPHY
Lighting Director: Pete Dyson
Senior Cameraman: Dennis Bartlett

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
VTR Editor: Al Pigden
Senior Vision Control: Dickie Richardson

MUSIC
Theme Music: Monty Norman

SOUND
Sound Director: Roger Knight

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make-up Supervisor: Shirley Muslin
Wardrobe Supervisor: Clare Sorrell

VISUAL EFFECTS
Titles: George Wallder

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Designer: Michael Eve

CAST

David Simeon (Alan Crich)
Bernard Lee (Beeley)
Una Brandon-Jones (Mrs Clemson)
David Neal (Leach)
Marjorie Yates (Mrs Leach)
Philip Gilman (Leach's son)
John Golightly (Coker)
Raymond Platt (Start)
Ray Dunbobbin (Jimmy)

PLOT SUMMARY

A vet, Alan Crich, finds himself struggling with superstition in a small Yorkshire village where the inhabitants believe that a local woman is a witch.

AVAILABILITY

UK
Television Distributors: ITV
DVD Distributors: Network (7952477 - part of the Beasts DVD)

TIMELINE

1975
July
27: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

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OTHER SOURCES

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KEYWORDS

superstition, vets, villages, witches

Last Updated: 14 August, 2009