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- BFI identifier345243
- Date1989 (Copyright)
- Production countryUSA
- Production company
- SynopsisBased on the story by Roald Dahl. Luke is warned of the dangers of accepting anything from women with purple eyes. When his parents are killed in a car crash, Luke and his grandmother come to England where they encounter a convention of the RSPCC. This, however, is a cover for a coven of evil witches who plan to rid the land of children by feeding them a potion which transforms them into mice. (Synopsis)
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- CastAnjelica Huston (Miss Ernst, Grand High Witch)
Mai Zetterling (Helga)
Bill Paterson (Mr Jenkins)
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Title
The Witches (Original)
Category
Fiction- Collections
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view all - ArticlesStarBurst n141 May 1990 - ReviewTime Out n1031 23 May 1990 - ReviewThe Hollywood Reporter v313 n49 24 Aug 1990 - Credits, ReviewCinefantastique v21 n1 July 1990 - ReviewStarBurst n143 July 1990 - Articleview all
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- +The Witches
Work - 345243 - 1989 (Copyright)
USA - Film - Fiction
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