Information
- BFI identifier25466
- Date1948-08-16 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom, Italy
- Production company
- SynopsisPeriod drama set in 1900. David and Anne Erskine, a newly-married British couple go to Sicily where the Sicilian mother of the groom has willed them a house as a wedding present. In his wife's absence, the husband seduces a local girl and is murdered by her father after she dies in a fall from a cliff. (Synopsis)
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- CreditsDirector: John Clements
[Production Company]: Pendennis Pictures Corporation
[Production Company]: I.C.A.I.
view all - CastKay Hammond (Dr Ann Lester/Erskine)
John Clements (Julian Ikon)
John Justin (David Erskine)
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Title
The Call of the Blood (Original)
Il Richiamo Del Sangue (Alternative)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/6A2F-9FBB-18C3-59D8-C432-YCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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- Film / Video
35mm BW Positive - Polyester - Combined - Viewing
D3 - Video - Viewing
VHS cassette - Video - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Original story: Novel by Robert Hichens - SCR-5012
Ephemera: publicity - PBM-25466
Medium pressbook held.
view all - StillsPhotograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2983052
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2983053
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2983054
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2983055
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2983056
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Work - 25466 - 1948-08-16 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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