Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. The investigation is further complicated as Howie’s religious views clash with those of the island’s residents.
- virgin
- island
- based on novel or book
- sacrifice
- scotland
- ritual
- cemetery
- investigation
- cult
- human sacrifice
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Edward Woodward
Sergeant Neil Howie
Christopher Lee
Lord Summerisle
Britt Ekland
Willow MacGreagor
Diane Cilento
Miss Rose
- Ingrid Pitt — Librarian
- Roy Boyd — Broome
- Lesley Mackie — Daisy
- Walter Carr — School Master
- Irene Sunters — May Morrison
- Lindsay Kemp — Alder MacGreagor
- Ian Campbell — Oak
- Kevin Collins — Old Fisherman
- Aubrey Morris — Old Gardener / Gravedigger
- Russell Waters — Harbour Master
- Donald Eccles — T.H. Lennox
- Directed
- Robin Hardy
- Written
- Anthony Shaffer
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 1,687 ratings
- Studio
- British Lion Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
