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Director: Sidney Lumet
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From Time Out Film Guide
Atrocious nonsense set in a Catholic boarding school for boys where melodramatic goings-on suggest that the devil lurks in the person of jolly Joe Dobbs, popular English master and probably closet queen (Preston, looking uncomfortable in a role originally slated for Marlon Brando). With Robert Marasco's play creaking at every joint, not even Mason's carefully tortured performance (he's the master the boys all love to hate, nursing a mum dying of cancer and a drawerful of girlie magazines) can rouse much interest.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Sidney Lumet
Producer: David Merrick
Cast: James Mason, Robert Preston, Beau Bridges, Ronald Weyand, Charles White, David Rounds full cast
Genre(s): Horror
Duration: 100 mins
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