Night of the Eagle
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| Night of the Eagle | |
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 Night of the Eagle under its US title |
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| Directed by | Sidney Hayers |
| Produced by | Samuel Z. Arkoff, Albert Fennell |
| Written by | Fritz Leiber (novel Conjure Wife), Charles Beaumont, Richard Matheson, George Baxt |
| Starring | Peter Wyngarde, Janet Blair, Margaret Johnston, Anthony Nicholls |
| Music by | William Alwyn |
| Cinematography | Reginald Wyer |
| Editing by | Ralph Sheldon |
| Distributed by | Warner Home Video Limited (UK, DVD), Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd. (UK, theatrical), American International Pictures (AIP) (US, theatrical), Anchor Bay Entertainment (video) |
| Release date(s) | 1962 |
| Running time | 90 min |
| Country |  UK |
| Language | English |
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Night of the Eagle is a 1962 horror film directed by Sidney Hayers. It was based on Fritz Leiber's novel Conjure Wife. It was released in the US as Burn Witch, Burn.
[edit] Synopsis
Norman Taylor (Peter Wyngarde), a psychology professor lecturing in belief and superstition, discovers that his wife Tansy(Janet Blair) is a practicing witch. She is insistent that her charms have been responsible for his academic success. Angry at her superstition, he forces her to burn them all. But almost immediately things start to go wrong for him as pupils accuse him of sexual harassment and bullying. He is drawn into his wife’s web of superstitions, forced to believe in order to survive as a rival witch tries to use black magic to destroy him and his wife.
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[edit] Other versions
- Filmed in 1944 as Weird Woman starring Lon Chaney Jr. and as the 1980 comedy/horror film Witches' Brew starring Teri Garr, Richard Benjamin, and Lana Turner.
