Crescendo (film)

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Crescendo
German film poster
Directed by	Alan Gibson
Produced by	Michael Carreras
Written by	Alfred Shaughnessy Jimmy Sangster
Starring	Stefanie Powers James Olson Margaretta Scott
Music by	Malcolm Williamson
Cinematography	Paul Beeson
Distributed by	Warner Bros. (USA)
Release dates	1970
Running time	95 min.
Country	England
Language	English

Crescendo is a 1970 British horror film directed by Alan Gibson and starring Stefanie Powers, James Olson and Margaretta Scott.^[1] It was made by Hammer Film Productions.

Plot

Drawn to the spectacular south of France to research the late composer Henry Ryman, music student Susan Roberts (Stefanie Powers) encounters his son, drug-addicted Georges (James Olson) and his eccentric family. Investigating the haunting strains of an unfinished Ryman concerto leads Susan to discover an empty piano… and a brutally savaged mannequin! Georges tells her she’s the lookalike of his lost love. But Susan may not be the only one at the villa with an eerie doppelgänger.

Cast

Stefanie Powers ... Susan Roberts
James Olson ... Georges / Jacques
Margaretta Scott ... Danielle Ryman
Jane Lapotaire ... Lillianne
Joss Ackland ... Carter
Kirsten Lindholm ... Catherine

Releases

In 1966 Michael Reeves approached Hammer with the script, which he had written with Alfred Shaughnessy. James Carreras tried to make it for two years with Joan Crawford but could not get the finance. In 1969 the project was reactivated, with Jimmy Sangster hired to rewrite the script and Alan Gibson to direct.^[2]

The film was released in the United States theatrically in the fall of 1972. In American theaters, it was paired with the Hammer vampire film Dracula A.D. 1972 starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.

The film was released to DVD by the Warner Archive Collection in March 2009.

References

↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/30176
↑ Marcus Hearn, The Hammer Vault, Titan Books, 2011 p117

External links

Crescendo at the Internet Movie Database

v t e Films directed by Alan Gibson

Journey to Midnight (1968) Crescendo (1970) Goodbye Gemini (1970) Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) Checkered Flag or Crash (1977) Churchill and the Generals (1981) A Woman Called Golda (1982) Witness for the Prosecution (1982) Martin's Day (1985)

Hammer Film Productions films

by series

Dracula films	Dracula The Brides of Dracula Dracula: Prince of Darkness Dracula Has Risen from the Grave Taste the Blood of Dracula Scars of Dracula Dracula A.D. 1972 The Satanic Rites of Dracula The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

Frankenstein films	The Curse of Frankenstein The Revenge of Frankenstein The Evil of Frankenstein Frankenstein Created Woman Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed The Horror of Frankenstein Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

Mummy films	The Mummy The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb The Mummy's Shroud Blood from the Mummy's Tomb

The Karnstein Trilogy	The Vampire Lovers Lust for a Vampire Twins of Evil

Dick Barton	Dick Barton: Special Agent Dick Barton at Bay Dick Barton Strikes Back

See also	Hammer filmography

by genre

Gothic horror films	The Hound of the Baskervilles The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll The Curse of the Werewolf Shadow of the Cat The Phantom of the Opera The Kiss of the Vampire The Gorgon Rasputin, the Mad Monk The Plague of the Zombies The Reptile The Witches The Devil Rides Out Hands of the Ripper Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde Countess Dracula Vampire Circus Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter To the Devil a Daughter

Horror films	The Mystery of the Marie Celeste Fanatic Crescendo Beyond the Rave Let Me In Wake Wood The Woman in Black

Psychological horror films	Fear in the Night Demons of the Mind

Thriller films	Man in Black Taste of Fear Paranoiac Nightmare The Nanny Straight On till Morning

Science fiction films	Four Sided Triangle Spaceways The Quatermass Xperiment X the Unknown Quatermass 2 The Abominable Snowman The Man Who Could Cheat Death The Damned Quatermass and the Pit The Lost Continent Moon Zero Two

Mystery films	Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress Someone at the Door Cloudburst Whispering Smith Hits London Lady in the Fog The Saint's Return The Glass Cage The Full Treatment Hysteria

Crime films	Death in High Heels The Black Widow The Last Page Wings of Danger Blood Orange The Gambler and the Lady Mantrap The House Across the Lake Third Party Risk Murder by Proxy Women Without Men The Snorkel Hell Is a City Cash on Demand The Maniac

Action films	Ten Seconds to Hell The Stranglers of Bombay The Devil-Ship Pirates Shatter The Lady Vanishes

Adventure films	The Jack of Diamonds Mask of Dust The Men of Sherwood Forest Sword of Sherwood Forest Passport to China The Terror of the Tongs The Pirates of Blood River The Scarlet Blade The Brigand of Kandahar She One Million Years B.C. A Challenge for Robin Hood Prehistoric Women The Viking Queen The Vengeance of She When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth Creatures the World Forgot

Drama films	Song of Freedom The Rossiter Case Never Look Back Stolen Face The Flanagan Boy A Stranger Came Home Break in the Circle Never Take Sweets from a Stranger Captain Clegg Man at the Top The Resident

Comedy films	The Public Life of Henry the Ninth Sporting Love The Lady Craved Excitement What the Butler Saw Life with The Lyons The Lyons in Paris Up the Creek I Only Arsked! Further Up the Creek Don't Panic Chaps! The Ugly Duckling Watch it, Sailor! A Weekend with Lulu The Old Dark House The Anniversary On the Buses Mutiny on the Buses Holiday on the Buses Love Thy Neighbour

War films	The Steel Bayonet The Camp on Blood Island Yesterday's Enemy The Secret of Blood Island

See also	Hammer filmography

v t e The films of Jimmy Sangster

As writer	A Man on the Beach (1955) X the Unknown (1956) The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) Dracula (1958) The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) Intent to Kill (1958) The Snorkel (1958) Blood of the Vampire (1958) The Trollenberg Terror (1958) Jack the Ripper (1959) The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) The Mummy (1959) The Brides of Dracula (1960) The Criminal (1960) The Siege of Sidney Street (1960) The Hellfire Club (1961) The Terror of the Tongs (1961) Taste of Fear (1961, also producer) The Pirates of Blood River (1962) Paranoiac (1963, also producer) The Maniac (1963, also producer) Nightmare (1964, also producer) The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964) Hysteria (1965) The Nanny (1965, also producer) Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) Deadlier Than the Male (1967) The Anniversary (1968, also producer) Foreign Exchange (1970, also producer) Crescendo (1970) A Taste of Evil (1971) Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973) The Legacy (1978) Ebony, Ivory and Jade (1979, also producer) No Place to Hide (1981) The Devil and Max Devlin (1981)

As director	The Horror of Frankenstein (1970, also writer) Lust for a Vampire (1971) Fear in the Night (1972, also writer)

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