| Fanatic | |
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| Directed by | Silvio Narizzano |
| Produced by | Anthony Hinds |
| Written by | Anne Blaisdell (novel) Richard Matheson (screenplay) |
| Starring | Tallulah Bankhead Stefanie Powers Donald Sutherland |
| Music by | Wilfred Josephs |
| Cinematography | Arthur Ibbetson |
| Editing by | John Dunsford |
| Release date(s) | 1965-03-21 |
| Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom  |
| Language | English |
Fanatic (US title: Die! Die! My Darling!) is a 1965 British thriller directed by Silvio Narizzano for Hammer Films. It stars Tallulah Bankhead, Stefanie Powers, Peter Vaughan, Yootha Joyce, Maurice Kaufmann and Donald Sutherland.
First released in theaters in 21 March 1965 in United Kingdom, it was filmed at Elstree Studios and on location in Letchmore Heath, Hertfordshire, during 1964. It was Bankhead's final feature film.
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Plot details
The film is about an American woman, Patricia Carroll (Powers), who arrives in London to get married to her lover Alan Glentower (Kauffmann). Before she gets married, Pat wants to pay her respects to Mrs Trefoile (Bankhead), the mother of her deceased fiancé Stephen (who died in an automobile accident several years ago) at a secluded house on the edge of an English village. Mrs Trefoile is fanatically religious, and it soon becomes apparent she blames Pat for her son's death. Pat reveals to her that she wasn't actually going to marry Stephen, who, it turns out, committed suicide. With the help of her two married servants (Harry and Anna), Mrs Trefoile holds Pat captive in an attempt to cleanse her soul. After Mrs Trefoile kills Harry, she then tries to kill Pat. Pat is rescued by Alan. Anna finds Harry's body and in the film's final scene, Mrs Trefoile falls dead with a knife in her back presumably put there by Anna.
Movie Details
Cast
- Tallulah Bankhead as Mrs. Trefoile
- Stefanie Powers as Patricia "Pat" Carroll
- Peter Vaughan as Harry
- Maurice Kaufmann as Alan Glentower
- Yootha Joyce as Anna
- Donald Sutherland as Joseph
- Gwendolyn Watts as Gloria
- Robert Dorning as Ormsby
- Philip Gilbert as Oscar
- Winifred Dennis as Shopkeeper
- Diana King as Shopper
See also
External links
- Fanatic at the Internet Movie Database
- Fanatic at Allmovie
- Die! Die! My Darling! at the TCM Movie Database
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