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Tales That Witness Madness is a British film of genre Science fiction directed by Freddie Francis released in USA on 31 october 1973 with Donald Pleasence
Tales That Witness Madness (1973)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 31 october 1973
Length 1h30
Directed by Freddie Francis
OriginUnited-kingdom
Themes Comedy horror films
Rating56%
Tales That Witness Madness is a 1973 British horror film produced by Norman Priggen, directed by veteran horror director Freddie Francis, and written by actress Jennifer Jayne.
It was one of several in a series of anthology films made during the 1960s and 1970s which included Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965), Torture Garden (1967), The House That Dripped Blood (1970), Asylum (1972), Tales from the Crypt (1972), The Vault of Horror (1973) and From Beyond the Grave (1974). These portmanteau horror films were all produced by Amicus Productions. Tales That Witness Madness is sometimes mistaken for an Amicus production, however it was actually produced by World Film Services.
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In the Framing Story, Dr. Tremayne (Donald Pleasence), a psychiatrist in a modern mental asylum, reveals a bold new psychiatric theory to colleague Dr. Nicholas (Jack Hawkins). Tremayne uses four patients who went insane - Paul, Timothy, Brian, and Auriol - to illustrate the theory, presenting each in turn to Nicholas:Actors
Donald Pleasence
(Prof. R.C. Tremayne)
Joan Collins
(Bella Thompson (segment "Mel"))
Kim Novak
(Auriol (segment "Luau"))
Jack Hawkins
(Dr. Nicholas)
Georgia Brown
(Fay Patterson (segment "Mr. Tiger"))
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