UK, Canada, 1966
91m
35mm film, black and white, 1.85:1
mono, English
A British/Canadian science fiction/horror film directed by Lawrence Huntington.
Plot Summary
A monster stalking a small Cornish village turns out to be a scientists whose experiments in teleportation have turned him into a half-human, half-vulture.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Lawrence Huntington
© 1966 by Paramount Pictures Corporation
Homeric Films (U.K.) Ltd. in association with Iliad Films (Canada) Ltd. and Film Financial Co. Ltd. present
Executive Producer: Jack O. Lamont
Produced by: Lawrence Huntington
Production Manager: Philip Shipway
Story and Screenplay: Lawrence Huntington
Director of Photography: Stephen Dade
Editor: John S. Smith
Music by: Eric Spear
Sound Engineer: Edgar Vetter
Wardrobe: Dolcie Midwinter [real name: Dulcie Midwinter]
Make Up: Geoffrey Rodway
Hairdresser: Gordon Bond
Art Director: Duncan Sutherland
Made at Pinewood Studios, London, England
Cast
Robert Hutton [Dr Eric Lutens
Akim Tamiroff [Professor Hans Koniglich
Broderick Crawford [Brian Stroud]
Diane Clare [Trudy Lutens]
Philip Friend [the vicar]
Patrick Holt [Jarvis, the butler]
Annette Carell [Ellen West]
Edward Caddick [Melcher, the sexton]
Gordon Sterne [Edward Stroud]
Keith McConnell [Superintendent Wendell]
Margaret Robinson [nurse]
Arnold Diamond *
Peter Elliott *
Roy Hanlon *
Murray Hayne *
Monte Landis [bus driver] *
Gordon Tanner *
George Tovey *
References
Books
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.186
- English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby p.181
- Feature Films, 1960-1969: A Filmography of English-language and Major Foreign-language United States Releases by Harris M. Lentz III p.510
- Horror and Science Fiction Films II by Donald C. Willis p.422-423
- Horrorshows: The A-Z of Horror in Film, TV, Radio and Theatre by Gene Wright p.68 – credits, review
- Kine & TV Year Book 1970 p.116
- Nuclear Movies: A Filmography by Mick Broderick p.74
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.528 – credits
- Sixties Shockers by Mark Clark and Bryan Senn pp.410-411
- Uneasy Dreams: The Golden Age of British Horror Films, 1956-1976 by Gary A. Smith p.233
- World Filmography 1968 by Peter Cowie (ed.) p.222
- X-Cert: The British Independent Horror Film: 1951-1970 by John Hamilton pp.190-194; 240-241
