To the Devil a Daughter
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| To the Devil a Daughter | |
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| Directed by | Peter Sykes |
| Produced by | Roy Skeggs |
| Written by | John Peacock (screenplay) Dennis Wheatley (novel) |
| Starring | Richard Widmark Christopher Lee Honor Blackman Nastassja Kinski Denholm Elliott |
| Music by | Paul Glass |
| Cinematography | David Watkin |
| Editing by | John Trumper |
| Distributed by | Hammer Film Productions |
| Release date(s) | March 4, 1976 |
| Running time | 95 min. (USA) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | Unknown |
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To the Devil a Daughter is a 1976 horror film made by Hammer Film Productions, directed by Peter Sykes. It stars Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Honor Blackman, Nastassja Kinski and Denholm Elliott. The original music score was composed by Paul Glass.
The film was adapted from the 1953 novel of the same name by Dennis Wheatley. It was the second of Wheatley's "black magic" novels to be filmed by Hammer, following The Devil Rides Out, released in 1968. It was marketed with the tagline "...and suddenly the screams of a baby born in Hell!"
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[edit] Plot summary
Occult writer John Verney is asked by his friend Henry Beddows to pick up his daughter Catherine from the airport. Catherine is a nun with The Children of the Lord, a mysterious Catholic order located in Bavaria and is allowed to come to visit once a year on her birthday. But after Catherine arrives, Beddows then insists that she stay with Verney. But the order under the sinister Father Michael Rayner make all efforts to to get Catherine back and marshal black magic to stop Verney as he protects her. Verney learns that the order really harbours a group of practicing Satanists who have prepared Catherine to become an avatar of Astaroth upon this, her eighteenth birthday.
[edit] Cast
- Richard Widmark (John Verney)
- Christopher Lee (Father Michael Rayner)
- Honor Blackman (Anna Fountain)
- Denholm Elliott (Henry Beddows)
- Michael Goodliffe (George De Grass)
- Nastassja Kinski (Catherine Beddows)
- Anthony Valentine (David)
- Derek Francis (The Bishop)
[edit] Trivia
- This was the very last Hammer Horror film made to this day.
- This was Michael Goodliffe's last film just shortly before he committed suicide while suffering from depression.
[edit] External links
- To the Devil a Daughter at the Internet Movie Database
- To the Devil a Daughter at All Movie Guide
- Review from dvdmaniacs.net
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) • The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) • The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) • The Phantom of the Opera (1962) • The Kiss of the Vampire (1962) • The Devil-Ship Pirates (1963) • The Gorgon (1964) • Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1966) • The Plague of the Zombies (1966) • The Reptile (1966) • The Witches (1966) • The Devil Rides Out (1967) • Hands of the Ripper (1971) • Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971) • Countess Dracula (1971) • Vampire Circus (1972) • To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
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