Connection
Night of the Eagle is a British film of genre Drama directed by Sidney Hayers released in USA on 25 april 1962 with Peter Wyngarde
Night of the Eagle (1962)
If you like this film, let us know!
- Infos
- Casting
- Technical infos
- Photos
- Videos
- Film quotes
- Characters
- Music
- Awards
Add to a movie listNight of the Eagle is a 1962 British-U.S. horror film directed by Sidney Hayers. The script by Charles Beaumont, Richard Matheson and George Baxt was based upon the 1943 Fritz Leiber novel Conjure Wife. The film was retitled Burn, Witch, Burn! for the US release (not to be confused with the 1932 novel of the same name by Abraham Merritt).
Synopsis
Norman Taylor (Peter Wyngarde) is a psychology professor lecturing about belief systems and superstition. He discovers that his wife, Tansy (Janet Blair), is practising witchcraft. She insists that her charms have been responsible for his rapid advancement in his academic career and for his general well-being. A firm rationalist, Norman is angered by her acceptance of superstition. He forces her to burn all of her magical paraphernalia.Actors
Peter Wyngarde
(Norman Taylor)
Janet Blair
(Tansy Taylor)
Margaret Johnston
(Flora Carr)
Anthony Nicholls
(Harvey Sawtelle)
Kathleen Byron
(Evelyn Sawtelle)
Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to Night of the Eagle
There are 60 films with the same actors, 16 films with the same director, 71525 with the same cinematographic genres (including 469 with exactly the same 3 genres than Night of the Eagle), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked Night of the Eagle, you will probably like those similar films :
Circus of Horrors (1960)
, 1h32Directed by Sidney Hayers
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Horror, Crime
Themes Circus films
Actors Anton Diffring, Erika Remberg, Yvonne Monlaur, Donald Pleasence, Jane Hylton, Jack Gwillim
Rating59%
In 1940s England, Dr. Rossiter (Anton Diffring) is a plastic surgeon wanted by the police after an operation goes hideously wrong. However, believing himself to have brilliant abilities as a surgeon, he and his assistants (Kenneth Griffith and Jane Hylton) evade capture and escape to the Continent. There Rossiter changes his name to Schüler, and befriends a circus owner (Donald Pleasence) on whose deformed daughter Nicole (played by Carla Challoner as a child, Yvonne Monlaur as an adult) he operates.
Assault (1971)
, 1h31Directed by Sidney Hayers
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction
Actors Suzy Kendall, Frank Finlay, Freddie Jones, Lesley-Anne Down, Tony Beckley, Anthony Ainley
Rating55%
After a schoolgirl is raped on her way home from school, police move in to investigate the case. After a further girl is attacked and killed, they call in the assistance of a doctor and a local schoolteacher to help solve the case.
Revenge (1971)
, 1h29Directed by Sidney Hayers
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Joan Collins, James Booth, Ray Barrett, Sinéad Cusack, Kenneth Griffith, Patrick McAlinney
Rating60%
Dans un petit village, la fillette du patron du pub est assassinée. Ses proches soupçonnent un marginal installé en lisière de la communauté mais la police manque de preuves pour l'inculper. Les parents et des amis le capturent et l'enferment dans une cave...
Payroll (1961)
, 1h45Directed by Sidney Hayers
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Michael Craig, Françoise Prévost, Billie Whitelaw, William Lucas, Kenneth Griffith, Tom Bell
Rating69%
Four crooks (Johnny Mellors, Monty, Blackie and Bert) plan and execute a robbery on a payroll van, using the inside knowledge of Dennis Pearson, who works as an accountant at the firm concerned. Pearson is under pressure to support his wife Katie (Françoise Prévost) who demands a higher standard of living. However, the van driver, Harry Parker, is killed during the heist, whilst Bert is fatally wounded by Parker's colleague Frank Moore. Nevertheless, the gang manage to get away with £100,000.
The Trap (1966)
, 1h46Directed by Sidney Hayers
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance, Western
Actors Rita Tushingham, Oliver Reed
Rating70%
Fur trapper Jean La Bête (Oliver Reed) paddles his canoe through wild water towards the settlement in order to sell a load of furs.
One Away (1976)
Directed by Sidney Hayers
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Patrick Mower, Bradford Dillman, Elke Sommer, Dean Stockwell, Larry Taylor, Patrick Mynhardt
Rating48%
This Is My Street (1964)
Directed by Sidney Hayers
Genres Drama
Actors Ian Hendry, June Ritchie, Avice Landone, Meredith Edwards, Madge Ryan, John Hurt
Rating64%
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
, 2h50Directed by Richard Attenborough, Sidney Hayers
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Pont, Political films
Actors Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Michael Byrne, Edward Fox
Rating73%
The film begins with a montage of archival film footage narrated by a Dutch woman, Kate ter Horst, describing the state of affairs in September 1944. The Allied advance is being slowed by overextended supply lines.
The Firechasers (1971)
Directed by Sidney Hayers
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Chad Everett, Anjanette Comer, Keith Barron, Rupert Davies, James Hayter, Robert Flemyng
Rating57%
Violent Moment (1959)
, 1h1Directed by Sidney Hayers
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Lyndon Brook, Jane Hylton, Rupert Davies, John Paul, Moira Redmond, Bruce Seton
Rating63%
A deserter from the British Army kills his wife during a fight. Although he becomes a successful businessman, his past eventually catches up with him.