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Cry of the Banshee (1970)

Director: Gordon Hessler

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From Time Out Film Guide

Screenwriter Chris Wicking's third collaboration with director Hessler is set in 16th century England, where evil spirit Mower exacts revenge on witch-hunting magistrate Price. Despite authentic location work and rather opportunistic flashes of graphic mayhem, this has none of the narrative concision, thematic richness or overall conviction of Michael Reeves' Witchfinder General, in which Price and Dwyer also appeared, two years earlier.

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Cast & crew

Director: Gordon Hessler

Producer: Gordon Hessler

Cast: Vincent Price, Elisabeth Bergner, Essy Persson, Hugh Griffith, Sally Geeson, Patrick Mower, Hilary Dwyer full cast

Genre(s): Horror

Duration: 87 mins


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