UK, 25 February 1974
73m
videotape, 16mm film, colour, 4:3
mono, English
Series: Thriller (1973-1976) – series 2 episode 3
A British horror television episode directed by John Sichel.
Plot Summary
A man travels to a remote village in the English countryside in search of his brother who has gone missing and his investigation leads him to a local landowner who is obsessed with work of Edgar Allan Poe..
Credits
+ = credited on US version only
Crew
Directed by: John Sichel
© [not given on screen]
© MCMLXXIV [1974] ITC Entertainment, Inc. +
An ATV colour production
From ITC Entertainment +
Created by: Brian Clemens
Produced by: John Sichel
Written by: Terence Feely
Original Story by: Brian Clemens
Director of Photography: Bill Brown +
Lighting Director: Jimmy Boyers +
Camera Operator: Tony Imi +
Edited by: John Hawkins +, Tom Rowland +
Music Composed by: Laurie Johnson
Music Supervisor: Paul Clay +
Sound: Bob Woodhouse +
Costume Designer: Sheelagh Killeen +
Make-up Supervisor: Sheila Mann +
Opening Title Sequence by: Visualscope Productions +
Designed by: Michael Eve
Floor Manager: Bill Goodall +
Stage Manager: Mari Markus +
Administrator: Ron Brown +
Production Assistant: Paula Burden +
Cast
Jenny Agutter (Dominie Lanceford)
George Chakiris (Robert Stone)
Anton Diffring (Jonathan Lanceford)
Russell Hunter (Old Fred)
John Sharpe (Jack Woodridge)
Stephen Greif (Ben Kroom)
Peggy Sinclair (Miss Faversham)
John Atkinson (Ben Hawkes)
Barry James (Tom Whidden)
Raymond Mason (Bill Gurney)
Sue Robinson (Jenny)
Peter Casillas (Jim Stone)
Peter Elliott (the effigy)
Alternative Titles
The Savage Curse – US title
