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The Haunted and the Hunted
Average: 4
- ratings (3)
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Director:
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Francis Ford Coppola
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Production:
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Filmgroup Productions
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Year:
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1963
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Running time:
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75'
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Cast:
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Bart Patton,
Luana Anders,
Mary Mitchel,
William Campbell
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Genre:
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Horror,
Thriller
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Plot synopsis:
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John Haloran has a fatal ...
John Haloran has a fatal heart attack, but his wife Louise won't get any of the inheritance when Lady Haloran dies if John is dead. Louise forges a letter from John to convince the rest of his family he's been called to New York on important business, and goes to his Irish ancestral home, Castle Haloran, to meet the family and look for a way to ensure a cut of the loot. Seven years earlier John's sister Kathleen was drowned in the pond, and the Halorans enact a morbid ritual in remembrance. Secrets shroud the sister's demise, and soon the family and guests begin experiencing an attrition problem. 
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Nation:
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UNITED STATES
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Cinematography:
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Charles Hannawalt
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Film editor:
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Stuart O'Brien, Morton Tubor
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Screenplay:
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Francis Ford Coppola
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Play4film's point of view:
Francis Ford Coppola’s first professional outing as director is a delight for all fans of the gothic genre. Set in an Irish castle, a reunited family is prey to a series of strange events. This film anticipates, albeit in a horror context, themes which were to become dear to the director of “The Godfather”. Inventive and fast paced, it is full of directorial ideas. It was shot quickly and is among the best films produced by Roger Corman. As with “The Terror”, made by Corman, but partly directed by his pupil Coppola, it has a particular charm and a real gothic coating which makes it essential viewing for every fan of the horror genre.
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