Synopsis
A psychiatrist, Martin Dysart, investigates the savage blinding of six horses with a metal spike in a stable in Hampshire, England. The atrocity was committed by an unassuming seventeen-year-old stable boy named Alan Strang, the only son of an opinionated but inwardly-timid father and a genteel, religious mother. As Dysart exposes the truths behind the boy's demons, he finds himself face-to-face with his own.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes70%
145 audience votes
Key crew
- Sidney LumetDirector
- Peter ShafferWriter
- Richard Rodney BennettOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Richard BurtonMartin Dysart
- Peter FirthAlan Strang
- Joan PlowrightDora Strang
- Harry AndrewsHarry Dalton
- Colin BlakelyFrank Strang
- Eileen AtkinsHesther Saloman
- Jenny AgutterJill Mason
- Kate ReidMargaret Dysart
- John WymanHorseman
- Elva Mai HooverMiss Raintree
- Patrick BrymerHospital Patient
- Ken JamesMr. Pierce
Stills
Themes
horsepsychiatrist