Dark Places (1973 film)

Dark Places
Directed by Don Sharp
Produced by James Hannah Jr.
Written by Ed Brennan
Joseph Van Winkle
Starring Christopher Lee
Joan Collins
Herbert Lom
Music by Wilfred Josephs
Cinematography Ernest Steward
Edited by Teddy Darvas
Production
company
Glenbeigh Limited
Distributed by Cinerama Releasing Corporation (USA)
Release date
  • 1973 (1973)
Running time
 91 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Dark Places is a 1973 British horror film directed by Don Sharp and starring Robert Hardy, Christopher Lee, Joan Collins and Herbert Lom.[1]

Plot

Dr. Mandeville (Christopher Lee) and his sister Sarah (Joan Collins) try to locate two suitcases of money hidden on the large estate of one of his former patients but their plans are thwarted when mentally unstable Andrew (Robert Hardy) arrives to claim the estate which had been left to him by the owner before he died. Andrew soon begins to have flashbacks to the murders committed by the previous owner Edward (Hardy as well). As the story unfolds it sheds light on the events of 30 years or so before when Edward had planned to leave his wife Victoria (Jean Marsh) for the younger and more attractive governess of their two children. In desperaration Victoria had encouraged the two children to murder the governess whilst she attempted to seduce Edward in the bedroom. In a fit of rage Edward strangled his wife and killed the children with a sword before bricking all four corpses up behind a wall with the two cases of money.

Andrew eventually kills Dr. Mandeville and Sarah with a pick axe before gettiing arrested and led away by police.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/12490
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