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Dark Places (Original title)
Date: 1973 (Copyright)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Don Sharp

Synopsis: Foster, a mental hospital administrator, is left an estate where he tries to locate a hidden cache of money. He is foiled by the spirit of the original owner, who had murdered his wife and children after they had killed his mistress. It turns out that Foster himself was an inmate of the asylum.

Genres:
Horror, Thriller

Subject:
Mental hospitals
Credits (24)
©: Glenbeigh Limited, Made by: Glenbeigh Limited, Produced by: James Hannah Jr., Production Supervisor: Frank Bevis, Assistant Director: Barry Langley, Continuity: Phyllis Townshend, Written by: Ed Brennan, Joseph Van Winkle, Director of Photography: Ernest Steward, Camera Operator: Dudley Lovell, Film Editor: Teddy Darvas, Art Director: Geoffrey Tozer, Assistant Art Director: Pamela Cornell, Wardrobe: Dorothy Edwards, Make-up: Basil Newall, Hairdresser: Helen Lennox, Photographed in: Eastman Color, Processed by: Technicolor, Music Composed by: Wilfred Josephs, Conducted by: Philip Martell, Sound Recordist: Laurie Clarkson, Paddy Cuningham, Sound Editor: Pat Foster
Cast (17)
Christopher Lee (Dr Ian Mandeville), Joan Collins (Sarah Mandeville), Herbert Lom (Prescott), Jane Birkin (Alta), Robert Hardy (Edward Foster, Andrew Marr), Jean Marsh (Victoria Marr), Carleton Hobbs (old Andrew Marr), Roy Evans (Baxter), Martin Boddey (Sgt Riley), John Glyn Jones (bank manager), John Levene (doctor), Jennifer Thanisch (Jessica Marr), Michael McVey (Francis Marr), Barry Linehan (asylum gatekeeper), Linda Gray (woman on hill), Lysandra De-La-Haye, Earl Rhodes (child on hill)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (5)
In: Flesh and Blood n3 1994  Page: 30,31
Title: 1973Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v42 n497 June 1975  Page: 132
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v42 n497 June 1975: no known title]Language: English

In: Variety 22 May 1974  Page: 18
Title: [Variety - 22 May 1974: no known title]Language: English

In: The Hollywood Reporter v231 n28 23 May 1974  Page: 12
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v231 n28 23 May 1974: no known title]Language: English

In: Cinema TV Today n10007 18 Nov 1972  Page: 11
Title: [Cinema TV Today - n10007 18 Nov 1972: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English