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The Witches is a British film of genre Drama directed by Cyril Frankel released in USA on 1 february 1967 with Joan Fontaine
The Witches (1966)
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Add to a movie listThe Witches (US: The Devil's Own) is a 1966 British horror film made by Hammer Films. It was adapted by Nigel Kneale from the novel The Devil's Own by Norah Lofts, under the pseudonym Peter Curtis. It was directed by Cyril Frankel and starred Joan Fontaine (in her final feature-film performance), Alec McCowen, Kay Walsh, Ann Bell, Ingrid Boulting (billed as Ingrid Brett), Gwen Ffrangcon Davies and Rudolph Walker. This was the final big-screen film role for Fontaine.
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A British schoolteacher, Gwen (Joan Fontaine), travels to Africa to work as a missionary. She has a nervous breakdown after being exposed to witchcraft during a rebellion led by witch doctors. Returning to England to recover, she is hired by wealthy siblings Alan and Stephanie Bax (Alec McCowen and Kay Walsh) to become head teacher of the small private school in their rural village.Actors
Joan Fontaine
(Gwen Mayfield)
Kay Walsh
(Stephanie Bax)
Alec McCowen
(Alan Bax)
Leonard Rossiter
(Dr. Wallis)
Ann Bell
(Sally Benson)
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