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Director
  
Freddie Francis

Music director
  
Elisabeth Lutyens

Duration
  

Country
  
United Kingdom

6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Horror, Mystery

Production
  
Amicus Productions

Writer
  
Robert Bloch

Language
  
English

The Psychopath movie poster

Release date
  
May 1966

Cast
  
Patrick Wymark
(Inspector Holloway),
Margaret Johnston
(Mrs. Von Sturm),
John Standing
(Mark Von Sturm),
Alexander Knox
(Frank Saville),
Judy Huxtable
(Louise Saville),
Don Borisenko
(Donald Loftis)

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Tagline
  
A New Peak in Shriek!

The psychopath 1966


The Psychopath is a 1966 Technicolor film directed by Freddie Francis and written by Robert Bloch in Techniscope. It stars Patrick Wymark and Margaret Johnston.

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Plot

Police inspector Holloway (Patrick Wymark) investigates a string of murders where the victims have dolls attached to their bodies. The trail soon leads to a disabled German woman named Mrs. Von Sturm (Margaret Johnston), who knows a set of dark secrets that may hold the key to the murders.

Cast

  • Patrick Wymark as Inspector Holloway
  • Margaret Johnston as Mrs. Von Sturm
  • John Standing as Mark Von Sturm
  • Alexander Knox as Frank Saville
  • Judy Huxtable as Louise Saville
  • Don Borisenko as Donald Loftis
  • Thorley Walters as Martin Roth
  • Robert Crewdson as Victor Ledoux
  • Colin Gordon as Dr. Glyn
  • Tim Barrett as Morgan
  • John Harvey as Reinhardt Klermer
  • Harold Lang as Briggs
  • Production

    The film was originally known as Schizo. Shooting started September 1965.

    The Psychopath was an attempt to capitalize on the success of Hammer Films' recent series of psychological thrillers, including Taste of Fear.

    Reception

    The film was very popular in Europe, particularly Italy.

    References

    The Psychopath Wikipedia
    The Psychopath IMDb The Psychopath themoviedb.org