The Shout

Jun 16, 1978

1h 26m

★ 5.9

A film of intense perversity - the madness of the mind.

Overview

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.

Genres

Thriller

Mystery

Horror

Production Companies

The Rank Organisation

Jeremy Thomas Productions

National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC)

National Film Trustee Company

Recorded Picture Company

The Shout Trailers

Cast

Charles Crossley

Alan Bates

Rachel Fielding

Susannah York

Anthony Fielding

John Hurt

Chief Medical Officer

Robert Stephens

Robert Graves

Tim Curry

Vicar

Julian Hough

Cobbler's Wife

Carol Drinkwater

Inspector

John Rees

Fielder in Cowpat

Jim Broadbent

Harriet

Susan Wooldridge

Cobbler

Nick Stringer

Harry the Shepherd

Peter Benson

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