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Psychomania (Original title)The Living Dead (Working title)The Frog (Working title)
Dates: 1972 (Copyright), 01 April 1973 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Don Sharp

Synopsis: Horror. Tom, the leader of the 'Living Dead' motorcycle gang discovers that his mother, a medium, has made a pact with the devil to discover the secret of immortality. Tom, using this information, deliberately commits suicide, and returns to life.

Genre:
Horror
Releases
Date: March 1973Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - Sound - MonoRuntime: 88 mins Length: 8152 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Scotia-Barber Distributors Limited
Date: June 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 88 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (28)
©: Benmar Productions Ltd., A Benmar Production: Benmar, Produced by: Andrew Donally, Production Supervisor: Frank Bevis, Assistant Director: Barry Langley, Continuity: Phyllis Townshend, Screenplay by: Arnaud D'Usseau, Julian Halevy, Director of Photography: Ted Moore, Camera Operator: Bob Kindred, Focus Puller: Michael Roberts, Special Effects: Patrick Moore, Film Editor: Richard Best, Art Director: Maurice Carter, Set Decorator: Andrew Campbell, Wardrobe Supervisor: Jean Fairlie, Make-up: Neville Smallwood, Hairdressing: Susie Hill, Music by: John Cameron, Song "Riding Free" Music by: David Whitaker, Song "Riding Free" Lyrics by: John Worth, Song "Riding Free" Sung by: Harvey Andrews, Sound Recordist: Buster Ambler, Bob Jones, Sound Editor: Colin Miller, Stunt Supervisor: Gerry Crampton, Made at: Shepperton Studios
Cast (39)
Nicky Henson (Tom Latham), Mary Larkin (Abby Holman), Ann Michelle (Jane Pettibone), Roy Holder (Bertram), Denis Gilmore (Hatchet), Miles Greenwood (Chopped Meat), Peter Whitting (Gash), Rocky Taylor (Hinky), Mark Boyle, Jack Cooper, Cliff Diggins, Romo Gorrara, Roy Scammell, Jack Silk, Jeff Silk, Robert Hardy (Chief Inspector Hesseltine), Patrick Holt (sergeant), Alan Bennion, John Levene (constable), Beryl Reid (Mrs Latham), George Sanders (Shadwell), Jacki Webb (Susie's mother), David Millett (Susie's father), Linda Gray (Susie's grandmother), Andrew Laurence (Susie's grandfather), Roy Evans (motorist), Bill Pertwee (publican), Serretta Wilson (Stella), Denis Carey (Bassett, coroner's assistant), Stanley Stewart (petrol pump attendant), Larry Taylor (lorry driver), Lane Meddick (Mr Pettibone), June Brown (Mrs Pettibone), Ann Murray (motorist's wife), Fiona Kendall (Monica), Ernest C. Jennings (blind man), Martin Boddey (coroner), Heather Wright (girl with parcel), Penny Leatherbarrow (woman in police station)