A film of intense perversity - the madness of the mind.
A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.
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Alan Bates
Charles Crossley
Susannah York
Rachel Fielding
John Hurt
Anthony Fielding
Robert Stephens
Chief Medical Officer
Tim Curry
Robert Graves
Julian Hough
Vicar
Carol Drinkwater
Cobbler's Wife
John Rees
Inspector
Jim Broadbent
Fielder in Cowpat
Susan Wooldridge
Harriet
Nick Stringer
Cobbler
Peter Benson
Harry the Shepherd
Graham Kingsley Brown
Village Churchgoer (uncredited)
Joanna Szczerbic
Cricket Umpire (uncredited)
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- Release Date 06/16/1978
- Language English
- Director Jerzy Skolimowski
- Editor Barrie Vince
- Cinematographer Mike Molloy
- Producer Jeremy Thomas
- Companies The Rank Organisation, Jeremy Thomas Productions, National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC), National Film Trustee Company, Recorded Picture Company
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | May 22, 1978 | Premiere (Cannes Film Festival) | 12 |
| United Kingdom | Jun 16, 1978 | Theatrical | 15 |
| Italy | Aug 24, 1978 | Theatrical | VM14 |
| PT | Sep 28, 1978 | Theatrical (Porto) | — |
| United States | Oct 1, 1978 | Premiere (New York Film Festival) | — |
| Netherlands | Nov 9, 1978 | Theatrical | 16 |
| France | Dec 13, 1978 | Theatrical | 12 |
| IE | Feb 16, 1979 | Theatrical | — |
| FI | May 4, 1979 | Theatrical | K-16 |
| AR | May 17, 1979 | Theatrical | — |
| Germany | Jul 20, 1979 | Theatrical | 16 |
| DK | Aug 29, 1979 | Theatrical | — |
| United States | Nov 9, 1979 | Theatrical (New York City, New York) | R |
| PT | Jun 8, 1993 | TV (TV premiere) | — |
| SE | Jun 17, 1996 | TV (TV premiere) | — |
| GR | Nov 10, 2000 | Premiere (Thessaloniki International Film Festival) | — |
| France | Jan 28, 2015 | Theatrical (re-release) | 12 |
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