The read
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 72% of the 384 1970s thriller movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
129 audience votes
Key crew
- Jerzy SkolimowskiScreenplay
- Michael AustinScreenplay
- Jerzy SkolimowskiDirector
- Mike RutherfordOriginal Music Composer
- Tony BanksOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Alan BatesCharles Crossley
- Susannah YorkRachel Fielding
- John HurtAnthony Fielding
- Robert StephensChief Medical Officer
- Tim CurryRobert Graves
- Julian HoughVicar
- Carol DrinkwaterCobbler's Wife
- John ReesInspector
- Jim BroadbentFielder in Cowpat
- Susan WooldridgeHarriet
- Nick StringerCobbler
- Peter BensonHarry the Shepherd
Stills
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Themes
small towncomposercricketsuper powerbased on short storydevon
The Best Movies of 1978
The Shout is #44 of 60
