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Bookmark this pageCry of the Banshee (1970)
Director: Gordon Hessler
Movie review
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.Author: TJ
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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