Main Cast: Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen, Ann Bell, Gwen Ffrangcon Davies
Release Year: 1966
Country: UK
Run Time: 91 minutes
Plot
This film was a pet project of Joan Fontaine, based on a novel by Peter Curtis. It was her last feature film. Fontaine stars as teacher Gwen Mayfield, who is in charge of a missionary school in Africa. A witch doctor puts a curse on her, and she has a nervous breakdown. Returning to England, she takes a job running a small rural school. In the village, there is an active voodoo cult. They have targeted a young woman named Linda (Ingrid Brett), whom they plan to offer as a virgin sacrifice. The cult members are led by journalist Stephanie Bax (Kay Walsh), whom Mayfield discovers is the head witch. Mayfield's student Ronnie Dowsett (Martin Stephens) is being harassed by the cult to keep him from protecting Linda, his girlfriend. This British production was titled The Devil's Own in the U.S. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide
Ingrid Brett - Linda; John Collin - Dowsett; Michele Dotrice - Valerie; Duncan Lamont - Bob Curd; Leonard Rossiter - Dr. Wallis; Martin Stephens - Ronnie Dowsett; Carmel McSharry - Mrs. Dowsett; Viola Keats - Mrs. Curd; Shelagh Fraser - Mrs. Creek; Bryan Marshall - Tom
Credit
Don Mingaye - Art Director, Cyril Frankel - Director, Chris Barnes - Editor, James Needs - Editor, Richard Rodney Bennett - Composer (Music Score), Philip Martell - Musical Direction/Supervision, Bernard Robinson - Production Designer, Arthur Grant - Cinematographer, Peter Hahne - Producer, Anthony Nelson Keys - Producer, Nigel Kneale - Screenwriter, Peter Curtis - Book Author
