Tam Lin (1970)

Tam-Lin, also known as The Ballad of Tam-Lin, The Devil's Widow and The Devil's Woman, is a 1970 British film made by Commonwealth United Entertainment, Winkast Film Productions Ltd. and distributed by American International Pictures (AIP). It was directed by Roddy McDowall and produced by Alan Ladd, Jr. and Stanley Mann, from a screenplay by William Spier based on the traditional Scottish poem The Ballad of Tam Lin. The film had original music by Stanley Myers and a musical version of the original poem recorded by the British folk rock band Pentangle, and was photographed by Billy Williams. It was the only film directed by McDowall.
The film stars Ava Gardner and Ian McShane with Richard Wattis, Cyril Cusack, Stephanie Beacham, Sinéad Cusack and Joanna Lumley.

A newer release of this film (1998) (Republic Pictures Home Video) re-cut the film to be closer to Roddy McDowall's intention.

McDowall's direction of this film precluded him from reprising his role as Cornelius in Beneath the Planet of the Apes, the only one of the original five Planet of the Apes films from which he is absent.

Synopsis

La richissime Michaela a peur de la vieillesse, aussi vit-elle entourée d'un groupe de jeunes gens devant se soumettre à ses moindres caprices. Son amant , Tom, lassé de jouer le rôle d'un gigolo, l'abandonne pour la jeune Janet. Elroy, le fondé de pouvoir de Michaela, met en garde le jeune homme: tous ceux qui ont tenté de rompre ont disparu dans de mystérieux accidents. Tom ne veut pas prendre cette révélation au sérieux...

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