The Shout poster

The Shout( 1978)

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A film of intense perversity - the madness of the mind.

Overview

A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Alan Bates

      Charles Crossley

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      Susannah York

      Rachel Fielding

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      John Hurt

      Anthony Fielding

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      Robert Stephens

      Chief Medical Officer

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      Tim Curry

      Robert Graves

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      Julian Hough

      Vicar

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      Carol Drinkwater

      Cobbler's Wife

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      John Rees

      Inspector

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      Jim Broadbent

      Fielder in Cowpat

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      Susan Wooldridge

      Harriet

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      Nick Stringer

      Cobbler

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      Peter Benson

      Harry the Shepherd

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      Graham Kingsley Brown

      Village Churchgoer (uncredited)

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      Joanna Szczerbic

      Cricket Umpire (uncredited)

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    A review by rogerco

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    Written by rogerco on Thu Dec 24 2020
    I remember seeing this when it first came out (1978) and thinking it a bit overblown. Just watched it again (2020) after it was featured in a list of films containing an English cricket match (a short list; The Go Between from the same period is another one, also with Alan Bates in a similar role) It now seems a bit better than I remembered despite some inconsistencies and plot holes. Alan Bates, for all his brooding lumbering around, never quite pulls off the surreal menace that the role of Crossley, the man with The Shout That Can Kill, demands. John Hurt as Anthony the philandering cuc...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • small town
    • composer
    • cricket
    • super power
    • based on short story
    • devon