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The Wicker Man (1973)

R 05/15/1974 (US) Horror 1h 33m

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Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. Stranger still, however, are the rituals that take place there.

Robin Hardy

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David Pinner

Novel
Anthony Shaffer

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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
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A review by John Chard

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Written by John Chard on July 10, 2016

I believe in the life eternal, as promised to us by our Lord, Jesus Christ.

Mainland Sergeant Neil Howie (Edward Woodward) flies off to the remote Scottish island of Summerisle to investigate the disappearance of a 12 year old girl. What he finds is a culture steeped in Paganism, presided over by Lord Summerisle (Christopher Lee). Meeting static and indifference wherever he goes - and being driven to anger by the assault on his Christian beliefs - Howie is very much a man alone and most likely in grave danger?

Directed by Robin Hardy and adapted to screen by Anthony Shaffer from David Pi... read the rest.

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