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The Skull (1965)
Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1965
Running Times: 90 min
Format: Technicolor 35mm
Techniscope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Amicus Productions
Producers: Milton
Subotsky, Max
J. Rosenberg
Production Manager: Ted Lloyd
SCRIPT
Script: Milton
Subotsky
Story: The Skull of the Marquis de Sade by Robert Bloch
DIRECTION
Director: Freddie
Francis
Assistant Director: Anthony Waye
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: John Wilcox
Camera Operator: David Harcourt
Camera Grip: Ray Jones
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Oswald Hafenrichter
MUSIC
Music: Elisabeth Lutyens
Conductor: Philip Martell
SOUND
Sound Supervisor: John Cox
Sound Recordist: Buster Ambler
Sound Editor: Tom Priestley
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Jill Carpenter
Hair: Henry Montsash
Wardrobe Supervisor: Jackie Cummins
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Ted Samuels
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Bill Constable
Set Decorator: Scott Slimon
Construction Manager: Bill Waldron
MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Pamela Davies
CAST
Peter Cushing
(Dr Christopher Maitland)
Patrick Wymark (Marco)
Christopher Lee
(Sir Matthew Phillips)
Jill Bennett (Jane Maitland)
Nigel Green (Inspector Wilson)
Michael Gough (auctioneer)
George Coulouris (Dr Londe)
Patrick Magee (Police Surgeon)
Peter Woodthorpe (Travers)
April Olrich (French girl)
Maurice Good (man in cloak)
Frank Forsyth (judge)
Anna Palk (maid)
Paul Stockman (1st guard)
Geoffrey Cheshire (2nd guard)
George Hilsdon (policeman - uncredited)
Jack Silk (driver - uncredited)
PLOT SUMMARY
Professor Maitland is an obsessive collector of occult relics and feels compelled
to buy the skull of the nefarious Marquis de Sade, despite being warned
of its evil powers by fellow occult expert Sir Matthew Phillips. The
skull has a macabre history of death and violence associated with it
and it's not long before Maitland is under its spell, hallucinating
wildly and wielding a knife...
AVAILABILITY
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Video Distributors: Paramount/Gateway
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Finland
Rating: K-16
France
Rating: -12
Sweden
Rating: 15
TIMELINE
1965
August
25: USA - theatrical release
1966
July
4: Sweden - theatrical release
August
26: West Germany - theatrical release
POSTER TAGS
When the Skull strikes you'll Scream!
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
A Caveira - Portugese title
Dödskallen - Swedish title
La maldición de la calavera - Spanish title
Der Schädel des Marquis de Sade - German title
Il teschio maledetto - Italian title
LINKS
SEE ALSO
Top Secret! (1984)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Scarlet Street no.17 pp.27-28, 30-31, 109 (USA)
illustrated article
Video Watchdog no.14 pp.12-13 (USA)
illustrated review
OTHER SOURCES
screen
credits
KEYWORDS
ghosts, levitation, marquis de sade, nightmares, the occult, russian roulette,
skulls
Last Updated:
14 January, 2010
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