The Beast in the Cellar (Original title)Young Man I Think You're Dying (Working title)
Dates: 1970 (Copyright), 16 July 1971 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: James Kelly
Synopsis: Horror. A series of brutal killings are committed in a small Lancashire village. At first it seems that a wild animal is on the loose but the killer turns out to be the mad brother of unmarried sisters Ellie and Joyce Ballantyne who has escaped from the basement of their house after being locked in by his sisters to help him avoid being called up during the war.
Genre: Horror
Subjects: Monsters, Single women, Barracks
Releases
Date: August 1970Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 88 mins Length: 7830 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1971Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundDialogue (original): English
Date: 2004Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 85 mins Dialogue (original): English
Dates: 1970 (Copyright), 16 July 1971 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: James Kelly
Synopsis: Horror. A series of brutal killings are committed in a small Lancashire village. At first it seems that a wild animal is on the loose but the killer turns out to be the mad brother of unmarried sisters Ellie and Joyce Ballantyne who has escaped from the basement of their house after being locked in by his sisters to help him avoid being called up during the war.
Genre: Horror
Subjects: Monsters, Single women, Barracks
Releases
Date: August 1970Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 88 mins Length: 7830 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1971Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundDialogue (original): English
Date: 2004Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 85 mins Dialogue (original): English
Credits
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©: Tigon British Productions Ltd., Leander Films, A Tigon British Film production: Tigon British Film, In association with: Leander Films Limited, Executive Producer: Tony Tenser, Produced by: Graham Harris, Associate Producer: Christopher Neame, Unit Manager: Caroline Langley, Production Secretary: Ann M. Paterson, Assistant Director: Dominic Fulford, 2nd Assistant Director: Paul Ibbetson, Continuity: Annabel Davis-Goff, Casting Director: Weston Drury Jr, Original Screenplay by: James Kelly, Director of Photography: Harry Waxman, Director of Photography: Desmond Dickinson, Camera Operator: Ronnie Maasz, Gaffer: Harry Woodley, Grip: Ted Underwood, Editor: Nicholas Napier-Bell, Art Director: Roger King, Construction Manager: Ken Softley, Wardrobe Mistress: Mary Gibson, Make-up: W.T. Partleton, Hairdresser: Olga Angelinetta, Processed by: Rank Film Laboratories, Music: Tony Macaulay, [Music] Conducted and Arranged by: Lew Warburton, Sound Mixer: Tony Dawe, Dubbing Mixer: Ted Karnon, Sound Editor: Colin Hobson, Made at: Pinewood Studios
Cast
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Beryl Reid (Ellie Ballantyne), Flora Robson (Joyce Ballantyne), Tessa Wyatt (Nurse Joanna Sutherland), John Hamill (Corporal Alan Marlow), T.P. McKenna (Detective Chief Superintendant Paddick), David Dodimead (Doctor Spencer), Vernon Dobtcheff (Sir Bernard Newsmith), John Kelland (Sergeant Young), Anthony Heaton (Anderson), Christopher Chittell (Baker), Peter Craze (Roy), Annabel Littledale (Gloria), Dafydd Havard (Stephen Ballantyne), Gail Lidstone (young Ellie), Elisabeth Choice (young Joyce), Merlin Ward (young Stephen), Howard Rawlinson (young soldier), Roberta Tovey (paper girl), Robert Wilde (soldier in NAAFI), Reg Lever (ambulance man)