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Return to Glennascaul (1953)

23m

Running Time

Return to Glennascaul (1953)

Name: Return to Glennascaul
Genre: Drama, Horror
Released: 1953-02-01

23m

Running Time

Plot.

Orson Welles, taking a break from the filming of "Othello," is driving in the Irish countryside one night when he offers a ride to a man with car trouble. The man relays to Welles a strange tale of an encounter he had once before at the same isolated location.

Where to Watch.

Subs

Currently Return to Glennascaul is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel

Streaming in:
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Cast & Crew.

Orson Welles

Narrator

Michael Laurence

Sean Merriman

Shelah Richards

Mrs. Campbell

Helena Hughes

Lucy Campbell

John Dunne

Daly

Isobel Couser

The Short Woman

Ann Clery

The Tall Woman

Hilton Edwards

Director / Screenplay / Producer

Richard Gordon

Executive Producer

Micheál Mac Liammóir

Producer

Digby Jones

Sound Director

Hans Gunther Stumpf

Music

Georg Fleischmann

Cinematography

Joseph Sterling

Editor

Raymond Percy

Production Manager

Tony Inglis

Art Direction

Media.

Details.

Release Date
February 1, 1953

Status
Released

Running Time
23m

Genres
Drama Horror

Last updated: 2025-02-09

This Movie Is About.

ghost story

Wiki.

Return to Glennascaul, (alternate title: Orson Welles' Ghost Story), is a 1951 Irish short film starring Orson Welles. It was written and directed by Hilton Edwards, produced by Micheál Mac Liammóir for Dublin Gate Theatre Productions and distributed by Arthur Mayer.

The plot is derived from the ubiquitous story of the vanishing hitchhiker. It is similar to Lucille Fletcher's original radio play, The Hitch-Hiker, which was first performed in 1941 on The Orson Welles Show starring Welles as the spooked driver.