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Berserk! (1967)
Country
of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1967
Running Times: 96 mins
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio:
Sound:
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Herman Cohen Productions
Producer: Herman Cohen
Associate Producer: Robert Sterne
SCRIPT
Script: Aben Kandel, Herman Cohen
DIRECTION
Director: Jim O'Connolly
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Desmond Dickinson
Camera Operator: Norman Jones
EDITING
Editor: Raymond Poulton
MUSIC
Music: Patrick John Scott
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Costume Designer: Jay Hutchinson Scott
Wardrobe: Joyce Stoneman
DESIGN AND SET
CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Maurice Pelling
OTHER CREW
Continuity: Betty Harley
Production Accountant: Brian Brockwell
Production Secretary: Vicki Emery
CAST
Joan Crawford (Monica Rivers)
Ty Hardin (Frank Hawkins)
Diana Dors (Matilda)
Michael Gough (Dorando)
Judy Geeson (Angela Rivers)
Robert Hardy (Detective Superintendent
Brooks)
Geoffrey Keen (Commissioner Dalby)
Sidney Tafler (Harrison Liston)
George Claydon (Bruno)
Ambrosine Phillpotts (Miss Burrows)
Ted Lune (skeleton man)
Philip Madoc (Lazlo)
Peter Burton (Gustavo)
Golda Casimir (bearded lady)
Milton Reid (strong man)
Marianne Stone (Wanda)
Miki Iveria (fortune teller)
Howard Goorney (Emil)
Reginald Marsh (Detective Sergeant Hutchins)
Thomas Cimarro (Gaspar)
Bryan Pringle (Detective Constable Bradford)
PLOT SUMMARY
Monica Rivers runs a
small travelling circus which is struck by a series of
brutal killings. Monica loves the publicity the killings
attract, but is she the culprit?
AVAILABILITY
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia
Video Distributor: RCA / Columbia
TIMELINE
1967
September
Day Unknown: UK - theatrical release
1968
January
11: USA - theatrical release
2001
April
16: UK - shown at the National Film Theatre, London (in
NFT3)
29: UK - shown at the National Film Theatre, London (in
NFT3)
POSTER TAGS
The motion picture that pits steel weapons
against steel nerves!!!
Your Front Row Seat To Murder!
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Il cerchio di sangue - Italian title
Circus of Blood - working title
Circus of Terror
REFERENCES
BOOKS
Creature Features Strikes Again p.40
credits, review (by John Stanley)
Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and
Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.40
credits, review
Reference Guide to Fantastic Films
p.31
credits KEYWORDS
circuses, serial killers
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