Tam Lin (Original title)Games and Toys (Working title)Toys and Games (Working title)Toys (Working title)The Ballad of Tam Lin (Alternative title)The Devil's Widow (Alternative title)
Date: 1970 (Copyright)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Roddy McDowall
Synopsis: Tom, a young man becomes trapped in a web spun for him by Mrs. Cazaret, one of the world's wealthiest and most powerful women. A young country girl competes with Mrs. Cazaret for Tom's love.
Genre: Horror
Releases
Date: 1977Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 104 mins Length: 9360 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: The wild bunch: one-hit wondersAuthor: NEWMAN, Kim Article type: Short ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Introduction and brief critique of directors whose work displays a freedom of expression that verges on the uncategorisable. Highlights the work of writers, actors or artists who directed only one, but distinct feature film.
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v44 n521 June 1977 Pages: 121-122
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v44 n521 June 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Films Illustrated v6 n71 July 1977 Page: 406
Title: [Films Illustrated - v6 n71 July 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Films and Filming v23 n10 July 1977 Pages: 37-38
Title: [Films and Filming - v23 n10 July 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Filmfacts v16 n2 1973 Pages: 52-53
Title: [Filmfacts - v16 n2 1973: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 24 Nov 1971 Page: 16
Title: [Variety - 24 Nov 1971: no known title]Language: English
In: Films in Review v22 n7 Aug/Sep 1971 Page: 447
Title: [Films in Review - v22 n7 Aug/Sep 1971: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v218 n45 23 Nov 1971 Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v218 n45 23 Nov 1971: no known title]Language: English
In: What's On in London n1815 28 Aug 1970 Page: 9
Title: Show TalkAuthor: NOBLE, Peter Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Still waiting to have the final music dubbed on to the sound track.
In: Today's Cinema n9694 7 Jul 1969 Pages: 8-10
Title: [Today's Cinema - n9694 7 Jul 1969: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: The Hollywood Reporter v206 n43 11 Jul 1969 Page: 8
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v206 n43 11 Jul 1969: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
Date: 1970 (Copyright)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Roddy McDowall
Synopsis: Tom, a young man becomes trapped in a web spun for him by Mrs. Cazaret, one of the world's wealthiest and most powerful women. A young country girl competes with Mrs. Cazaret for Tom's love.
Genre: Horror
Releases
Date: 1977Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 104 mins Length: 9360 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
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©: Winkast Film Productions, Filmed by: Winkast Film Productions, Presents: Commonwealth United Entertainment, Executive Producer: Henry T. Weinstein, Executive Producer: Anthony B. Unger, Produced by: Alan Ladd Jr, Stanley Mann, Associate Producer: Denis Holt, A Jerry Gershwin-Elliott Kastner picture: Jerry Gershwin, Elliott Kastner, Production Manager: Colin Brewer, Assistant Director: Kip Gowans, Continuity: Penny Daniels, Original Screenplay by ['Tam Lin']: Gerald Vaughan-Hughes, Original Screenplay by ['Ballad of TamL]: William Spier, [Based on poem 'The Ballad of Tam Lin']: Robert Burns, Director of Photography: Billy Williams, Camera Operator: David Harcourt, Film Editor: John Victor Smith, Production Designed by: Don Ashton, Art Director: John Graysmark, Assistant Art Director: Alan Tomkins, Costumes Designed by: Beatrice Dawson, Miss [Ava] Gardner's Gowns Executed by: Balmain, {Colour by}: Technicolor, {Filmed in}: Panavision UK, Music Composed and Conducted by: Stanley Myers, Songs Composed and Performed by: The Pentangle, Sound Recordist: Bill Daniels, Gordon K. McCallum, Dubbing Editor: Don Challis, Filmed at: Pinewood Studios
Cast
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Ava Gardner (Mrs Michaela Cazaret), Ian McShane (Tom Lynn), Cyril Cusack (Vicar Julian Ainsley), Richard Wattis (Elroy), Stephanie Beacham (Janet Ainsley), David Whitman (Oliver), Sinéad Cusack (Rose), Madeleine Smith (Sue), Fabia Drake (Miss Gibson), Jenny Hanley (Caroline), Joanna Lumley (Georgia), Pamela Farbrother (Vanna), Bruce Robinson (Alan), Salena Jones (herself), Rosemary Blake (Kate), Michael Bills (Michael), Peter Henwood (Guy), Heyward Morse (Andy), Julian Barnes (Terry), Oliver Norman (Peter), Virginia Tingwell (Lottie), Jan Dinnen, Andrew Grant, Don Hawkins, Delia Lindsay, Linda Marlowe, Michael Mundell, Yvonne Quenet, Erika Raffael, Jocelyne Sbath, Christopher Williams, Jimmy Winston (second coven)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: Sight and Sound v19 n9 September 2009 Page: 24Title: The wild bunch: one-hit wondersAuthor: NEWMAN, Kim Article type: Short ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Introduction and brief critique of directors whose work displays a freedom of expression that verges on the uncategorisable. Highlights the work of writers, actors or artists who directed only one, but distinct feature film.
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v44 n521 June 1977 Pages: 121-122
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v44 n521 June 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Films Illustrated v6 n71 July 1977 Page: 406
Title: [Films Illustrated - v6 n71 July 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Films and Filming v23 n10 July 1977 Pages: 37-38
Title: [Films and Filming - v23 n10 July 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Filmfacts v16 n2 1973 Pages: 52-53
Title: [Filmfacts - v16 n2 1973: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 24 Nov 1971 Page: 16
Title: [Variety - 24 Nov 1971: no known title]Language: English
In: Films in Review v22 n7 Aug/Sep 1971 Page: 447
Title: [Films in Review - v22 n7 Aug/Sep 1971: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v218 n45 23 Nov 1971 Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v218 n45 23 Nov 1971: no known title]Language: English
In: What's On in London n1815 28 Aug 1970 Page: 9
Title: Show TalkAuthor: NOBLE, Peter Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Still waiting to have the final music dubbed on to the sound track.
In: Today's Cinema n9694 7 Jul 1969 Pages: 8-10
Title: [Today's Cinema - n9694 7 Jul 1969: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: The Hollywood Reporter v206 n43 11 Jul 1969 Page: 8
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v206 n43 11 Jul 1969: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.