Overview:
England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the country causes an era of chaos and legal arbitrariness that allows unscrupulous men to profit by exploiting the absurd superstitions of the peasants; like Matthew Hopkins, a monster disguised as a man who wanders from town to town offering his services as a witch hunter.| Status: | Released (1968-05-17) |
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| Awards: | 1 win & 2 nominations |
| Screen: | Tom Baker, Michael Reeves, Louis M. Heyward |
| Productions: | Tigon British Film Productions |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 1905: Vincent Price - Matthew Hopkins
- 51755: Ian Ogilvy - Richard Marshall
- 1125461: Robert Russell - John Stearne
- 2964: Nicky Henson - Swallow
- 108641: Hilary Dwyer - Sara
- 74689: Rupert Davies - John Lowes
- 67917: Patrick Wymark - Cromwell
Crews
- 101238: Michael Reeves - Director - Directing
- 108640: Ronald Bassett - Novel - Writing
- 101238: Michael Reeves - Screenplay - Writing
- 82562: Louis M. Heyward - Producer - Production
- 568430: Arnold L. Miller - Producer - Production
- 1588460: Philip Waddilove - Producer - Production
- 14944: John Coquillon - Director of Photography - Camera
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Reviews
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An undeniably brilliant swan song for the ill-fated directorial prodigy Reeves, with remarkable vision, and a ghastly sadistic performance by Vincent Price. Hard to like the film because it gets under your skin with its brutality and just stays there, eating you from within. A very f ....
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_**Cinema's account of the infamous Matthew Hopkins**_ The infamous witch-finding exploits of Matthew Hopkins in Eastern England circa 1646 are chronicled based on Ronald Bassett’s 1966 novel. Hopkins (Vincent Price) and his colleague John Stearne travel from village to village br ....
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Vincent Price is superb in this depiction of the tyrannical, evil "Matthew Hopkins", tasked amidst the English Civil War to bring fear and terror to the population. Playing to just about every phobia and superstition, he travels the land seeking out and punishing those who worship or ....
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