The Maniac

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Maniac

Directed by	Michael Carreras
Produced by	Jimmy Sangster
Written by	Jimmy Sangster
Starring	Kerwin Mathews Nadia Gray Lillian Brouse Donald Houston
Music by	Stanley Black
Cinematography	Wilkie Cooper
Editing by	Tom Simpson
Studio	Hammer Film Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures Corporation
Release dates	20 May 1963
Running time	86 minutes
Country	UK
Language	English

Maniac is a British psychological thriller, which was directed by Michael Carreras and stars Kerwin Mathews, Nadia Gray and Donald Houston.

Plot

It tells the story of vacationing American artist Jeff Farrell who becomes romantically involved with an older woman, Eve Beynat, in southern France, while harboring some attraction for her teenage stepdaughter Annette. Eve's husband/Annette's father Georges is in an asylum for, four years ago, using a blowtorch to kill a man who had raped Annette. Believing it will help make Eve his for life, Jeff agrees to assist her in springing Georges from the asylum. Of course, Eve has a completely different agenda in mind . . .

Cast

Kerwin Mathews as Jeff Farrell
Nadia Gray as Eve Beynat
Donald Houston as Henri
Liliane Brousse as Annette Beynat
George Pastell as Inspector Etienne
Arnold Diamond as Janiello
Norman Bird as Salon
Justine Lord as Grace
Jerold Wells as Giles
Leon Peers as Blanchard
André Maranne as Salon

Production

It was filmed in black and white in the Camargue district of southern France and the MGM British Studios in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire.

Release

Maniac was released by Hammer Film Productions on 20 May 1963 in the United Kingdom.

External links

Maniac at the Internet Movie Database
Maniac at allmovie

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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