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The Beast Must Die (1974)
Country of
Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1974
Running Times: 93 mins
Format: Technicolor
Ratio:
Sound: mono
CREDITS
 PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Amicus Productions / British Lion
Film Corporation
Executive Producer: Robert Greenberg
Producers: Max
J. Rosenberg, Milton
Subotsky
Associate Producer: John Dark
Production Manager: John Davis
SCRIPT
Screenplay: Michael Winder
Story: James Blish
DIRECTION
Director: Paul Annett
Assistant Director: Richard Jenkins
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Jack Hildyard
Camera Operator: Derek Browne
Chief Electrician: George Robinson
EDITING
Editor: Peter Tanner
MUSIC
Music: Douglas Gamley
SOUND
Sound Editor: Ean Wood
Sound Mixer: Ken Ritchie
Dubbing Mixer: Richard Langford
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Paul Rabiger
Hair: Bobbie Smith
Wardrobe Supervisor: John Hilling
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Ted Samuels
Titles: G.S.E. Ltd
DESIGN AND SET
CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: John Stoll
Set Dresser: Herbert Westbrook
OTHER CREW
Continuity: Phyllis Townshend
Services: Quail Service Company
CAST
Calvin Lockhart (Tom Newcliffe)
Peter Cushing (Dr Christopher Lundgren)
Marlene Clark (Caroline Newcliffe)
Anton Diffring (Pavel)
Charles Gray (Arthur Bennington)
Ciaran Madden (Davina Gilmore)
Tom Chadbon (Paul Foote)
Michael Gambon (Jan Jarmokowski)
Sam Mansary (butler)
Andrew Lodge (pilot)
Carl Bohen (1st hunter)
Eric Carte (2nd hunter)
PLOT SUMMARY
Businessman and avid
big-game hunter Tom Newcliffe gathers six guests to his
rambling country estate and announces that one of the
gathering - all of whom have blood on their hands - is a
werewolf. The party is to stay on the estate for a
weekend, during which time Newcliffe plans to determine
who it is and hunt it down.
CAPSULE REVIEW
The British film
industry never really got to grips with the werewolf like
it did with vampires - with the noble exception of The
Curse of the Werewolf (1961) - and The
Beast Must Die is as lackluster as any other.
The cast look uncomfortable and director Paul Annett
never quite gets to grips with the subject. (Full Review)
AVAILABILITY
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Cinerama; Lara Classics
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
UK
Rating: X
USA
Rating: PG
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
La bestia debe morir - Spanish title
Black Werewolf - US title
Cinq griffes dans les ténèbres - French
video title
Mondblut - West German title
Le mystère de la bête humaine - French
title
La notte del licantropo - Italian title
Pedon on kuoltava - Finnish title
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Empire June 1999 p.150 (UK)
review (by Kim Newman)
OTHER SOURCES
screen
credits KEYWORDS
werewolves, hunting humans
Last Updated:
15 October, 2008
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