Witchfinder General (1968)
Witchfinder General (1968)
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Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
![Vincent Price](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/6066-vincent-price.webp)
Vincent Price
Matthew Hopkins
![Ian Ogilvy](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/21003-ian-ogilvy.webp)
Ian Ogilvy
Richard Marshall
![Rupert Davies](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/8333-rupert-davies.webp)
Rupert Davies
John Lowes
![Patrick Wymark](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/36824-patrick-wymark.webp)
Patrick Wymark
Cromwell
![Wilfrid Brambell](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25998-wilfrid-brambell.webp)
Wilfrid Brambell
Master Loach
![Hilary Dwyer](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/57361-hilary-dwyer.webp)
Hilary Dwyer
Sara
![Robert Russell](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/216633-robert-russell.webp)
Robert Russell
John Stearne
![Nicky Henson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/54298-nicky-henson.webp)
Nicky Henson
Trooper Swallow
![Tony Selby](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/57362-tony-selby.webp)
Tony Selby
Salter
![Bernard Kay](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/19333-bernard-kay.webp)
Bernard Kay
Fisherman
![Michael Beint](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Michael Beint
Captain Gordon
![Michael Reeves](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/308364-michael-reeves.webp)
Michael Reeves
Director
![Beaufoy Milton](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Beaufoy Milton
Priest
![Tom Baker](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Tom Baker
Writer
![John Trenaman](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
John Trenaman
Harcourt
![Bill Maxwell](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Bill Maxwell
Gifford
![Louis M. Heyward](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Louis M. Heyward
Writer
![Peter Thomas](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Peter Thomas
Farrier
![Maggie Kimberly](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/19941-maggie-kimberly.webp)
Maggie Kimberly
Elizabeth
![Ronald Bassett](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ronald Bassett
Writer
![Dennis Thorne](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Dennis Thorne
Villager #1
![Arnold L. Miller](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Arnold L. Miller
Producer
![Anne Tirard](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/197495-anne-tirard.webp)
Anne Tirard
Old Woman
![Philip Waddilove](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Philip Waddilove
Producer
![Gillian Aldam](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Gillian Aldam
Young Woman in Cell
![Hira Talfrey](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hira Talfrey
Hanged Woman
![Paul Ferris](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/377839-paul-ferris.webp)
Paul Ferris
Composer
![John Coquillon](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
John Coquillon
Cinematographer
![Jack Lynn](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jack Lynn
Brandeston Innkeeper
![Howard Lanning](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Howard Lanning
Editor
![Michael Segal](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/57365-michael-segal.webp)
Michael Segal
Villager #2
![Howard Lanning](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Howard Lanning
Editor
![David Webb](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/57364-david-webb.webp)
David Webb
Jailer
![Freddie Vale](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Freddie Vale
CastingDirector
![Sally Douglas](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Sally Douglas
Girl at Inn #2
![Edward Palmer](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Edward Palmer
Shepherd
![Lee Peters](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Lee Peters
Sergeant
![Peter Haigh](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Peter Haigh
Lavenham Magistrate
![Godfrey James](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/37252-godfrey-james.webp)
Godfrey James
Webb
![Margaret Nolan](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/6633-margaret-nolan.webp)
Margaret Nolan
Girl at Inn #1
![Toby Lennon](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Toby Lennon
Old Man
![Morris Jar](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Morris Jar
Paul
![David Lyell](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
David Lyell
Footsoldier
![Alf Joint](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/6637-alf-joint.webp)
Alf Joint
Sentry
![Martin Terry](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Martin Terry
Hoxne Innkeeper
![Donna Reading](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Donna Reading
Girl at Inn #3
![Roger Dicken](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Roger Dicken
Special Effects
![Dennis Lanning](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Dennis Lanning
ADR & Dubbing
![Brian Elvin](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Brian Elvin
Camera Operator
![Gerry Anstiss](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Gerry Anstiss
Camera Operator
![Dorrie Hamilton](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Dorrie Hamilton
Makeup Artist
![Henry Montsash](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Henry Montsash
Hairstylist
![Jim Morahan](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jim Morahan
Art Direction
![Laurie Shane](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Laurie Shane
Gaffer
![Lorna Selwyn](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Lorna Selwyn
Continuity
![Ian Goddard](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ian Goddard
Assistant Director
![Tony Tenser](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Tony Tenser
Executive Producer
![Freddie Harrison](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Freddie Harrison
Property Master
![Iain Lawrence](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Iain Lawrence
Assistant Director
![Jimmy James](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jimmy James
Set Dresser
![Freddie Williams](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Freddie Williams
Grip
![Sid Davies](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Sid Davies
Property Master
![Jill Thomson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jill Thomson
Wardrobe Supervisor
![Jack Dooley](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jack Dooley
Still Photographer
![Paul Le Mare](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Paul Le Mare
Sound Recordist
![Ricky Coward](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ricky Coward
Production Manager
![Hugh Strain](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hugh Strain
Sound Mixer
![Euan Person](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Euan Person
Location Manager
![Peter Sheilds](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Peter Sheilds
Assistant Art Director
![Marion Curren](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Marion Curren
Assistant Editor
![Susi Field](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Susi Field
![John Kidd](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
John Kidd
Media.
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Details.
Release DateMay 17, 1968
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 27m
Budget$83,000
Box Office$1,500,000
Genres
Last updated:
Wiki.
Witchfinder General (titled onscreen as Matthew Hopkins: Witchfinder General) is a 1968 British period folk horror film directed by Michael Reeves and starring Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Hilary Dwyer, Robert Russell and Rupert Davies. The screenplay, by Reeves and Tom Baker, was based on Ronald Bassett's 1966 novel Witchfinder General. The film is a heavily fictionalised account of the murderous witch-hunting exploits of Matthew Hopkins (Price), a lawyer who falsely claimed to have been appointed as a "Witch Finder Generall" [sic] by Parliament during the English Civil War to root out sorcery and witchcraft. The plot follows Roundhead soldier Richard Marshall (Ogilvy), who relentlessly pursues Hopkins and his assistant John Stearne (Russell) after they prey on his fiancée Sara (Dwyer) and execute her priestly uncle John Lowes (Davies).
Made on a low budget of under £100,000, the film was produced by Tigon British Film Productions. In the United States, where it was distributed by American International Pictures (AIP), Witchfinder General was retitled The Conqueror Worm (titled onscreen as Matthew Hopkins: Conqueror Worm) by AIP to link it with their earlier series of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations directed by Roger Corman and starring Price; because its narrative bears no relation to any of Poe's stories, American prints book-end the film with his poem "The Conqueror Worm" being read through Price's narration.
Witchfinder General eventually became a cult film, a development partially attributable to Reeves's death nine months after its release. Several prominent critics have championed the film, including Tim Lucas, J. Hoberman, Danny Peary, Robin Wood and Derek Malcolm; their praise has highlighted its direction, performances, and musical score by Paul Ferris.
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