Die Screaming, Marianne
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Die Screaming, Marianne | |
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Directed by | Pete Walker |
Produced by | Pete Walker |
Written by | Murray Smith |
Starring | Susan George Barry Evans |
Music by | Cyril Ornadel |
Cinematography | Norman G. Langley |
Editing by | Tristam Cones |
Distributed by | Anchor Bay Entertainment |
Release date(s) | August 13, 1971 |
Running time | 99 min. |
Country | UK |
Language | English |
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Die Screaming, Marianne (also Die, Beautiful Marianne) is a 1971 British low-budget film by minor cult director Pete Walker. Although Walker’s films were mostly in the horror or sexploitation genres, this is a straight horror-thriller.
[edit] Plot
Marianne, a nightclub dancer, is on the run from vicious criminals. On her 21st birthday, she will inherit a vast fortune as well as some legal papers that will incriminate her father, a crooked Judge. When her father invites Marianne to his estate in Portugal, a game of cat-and-mouse begins.
[edit] Cast
- Susan George as Marianne
- Barry Evans as Eli Frome
- Leo Genn as The Judge