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The Black Torment

- A Creature From the Grave Bears Witness to Murder

A lord returns to his manor with his new wife, to hear rumours that he had already secretly returned and had committed several murders. Has he lost his mind, or is something dark afoot ?

Release Date : 1964-10-19

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Compton FilmsTekli British Productions

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : Estate of Insanity

Cast

Character Name : Lady Elizabeth Fordyke

Original Name : Heather Sears

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sir Richard Fordyke

Original Name : John Turner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Diane

Original Name : Ann Lynn

Gender : Female

Character Name : Seymour

Original Name : Peter Arne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harris

Original Name : Norman Bird

Gender : Male

Character Name : Colonel John Wentworth

Original Name : Raymond Huntley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mary

Original Name : Annette Whiteley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Black John

Original Name : Francis de Wolff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sir Giles Fordyke

Original Name : Joseph Tomelty

Gender : Male

Character Name : Regis

Original Name : Patrick Troughton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soldier

Original Name : Frank Hayden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soldier

Original Name : Bill Cummings

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soldier

Original Name : Jack Taylor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Apprentice - Brian

Original Name : Roger Croucher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jenkins

Original Name : Charles Houston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Coachman - Tom

Original Name : Derek Newark

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kate

Original Name : Kathy McDonald

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lucy Judd

Original Name : Edina Ronay

Gender : Female

Reviews

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@Geronimo1967

2023-12-06

"Sir Richard" (John Turner) returns to his country estate with his new bride "Elizabeth" (Heather Sears) only to find himself immersed in rumours that he has been back for a while and that he might be responsible for some local murders (and for ordering a saddle with his late wife's name on it!). What now ensues is a brain teaser - how can he have been in two places at once? Perfectly sane and eminent people are claiming to have seen him in places where both he and his wife know he wasn't. What's occurring? His right hand man "Seymour" (Peter Arne) and his sister-in-law "Diane" (Ann Lynn) can shed little light on this - is he just going mad? Robert-Hartford Davis does redeem this to a certain extent in the last ten minutes, but otherwise it really doesn't create much menace. Like the best episodes of "Scooby-Do", you just know there is a sensible solution for the seemingly imponderable - and unfortunately, there are so few cast members here as to make the deduction fairly straightforward. The score tries far too hard to compensate for the lack of tension generated by the mediocre acting, and although the production itself looks ok - plenty of decent costumes and sets, the whole thing is just a bit flat. Just think of it as Hammer-lite!