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Fanatic
Fanatic in US release as Die! Die! My Darling!Directed by Silvio Narizzano Produced by Anthony Hinds Written by Richard Matheson Based on the novel Nightmare by
Anne BlaisdellStarring Tallulah Bankhead
Stefanie Powers
Donald SutherlandMusic by Wilfred Josephs Cinematography Arthur Ibbetson Editing by John Dunsford Studio Hammer Film Productions Distributed by Columbia Pictures Release date(s) 1965-03-21 Running time 97 minutes Country United Kingdom Language English Fanatic (US title: Die! Die! My Darling!) is a 1965 British thriller directed by Silvio Narizzano for Hammer Films. It stars Tallulah Bankhead, Stefanie Powers, Peter Vaughan, Yootha Joyce, Maurice Kaufmann and Donald Sutherland.
First released in theaters in 21 March 1965 in United Kingdom, it was filmed at Elstree Studios and on location in Letchmore Heath, Hertfordshire, during the summer of 1964. It was Bankhead's final feature film.
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Plot details
An American woman, Patricia Carroll (Powers), arrives in London to get married to her lover Alan Glentower (Kaufmann). Before she gets married, Patricia wants to pay her respects to Mrs. Trefoile (Bankhead), the mother of her deceased fiancé Stephen (who died in an automobile accident several years ago) at a secluded house on the edge of an English village. Mrs. Trefoile is fanatically religious, and it soon becomes apparent she blames Patricia for her son's death. Patricia reveals to her that she wasn't actually going to marry Stephen, who, it turns out, committed suicide. With the help of her two married servants (Harry and Anna), Mrs Trefoile holds Patricia captive in an attempt to cleanse her soul. After Mrs. Trefoile kills Harry, she then tries to kill Patricia. Patricia is rescued by Alan. Anna finds Harry's body and in the film's final scene, Mrs Trefoile falls dead with a knife in her back presumably put there by Anna.
Movie Details
Cast
- Tallulah Bankhead as Mrs. Trefoile
- Stefanie Powers as Patricia Carroll
- Peter Vaughan as Harry
- Maurice Kaufmann as Alan Glentower
- Yootha Joyce as Anna
- Donald Sutherland as Joseph
- Gwendolyn Watts as Gloria
- Robert Dorning as Ormsby
- Philip Gilbert as Oscar
- Winifred Dennis as Shopkeeper
- Diana King as Shopper
- Henry McGee as Priest
See also
- Psycho-biddy
- Looped
External links
- Fanatic at the Internet Movie Database
- Fanatic at AllRovi
- Die! Die! My Darling! at the TCM Movie Database
Categories:- 1965 films
- 1960s thriller films
- Films based on novels
- Hammer Film Productions horror films
- Screenplays by Richard Matheson
- 1960s horror film stubs
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