Witchfinder General (1968)

Movie Details

Original Title Witchfinder General

Original Language EN

Budget $83,000

Revenue $1,500,000

Status Released

Popularity 1.3

Cast

Vincent Price

Matthew Hopkins

Popularity: 1.0

Ian Ogilvy

Richard Marshall

Popularity: 2.6

Robert Russell

John Stearne

Popularity: 0.2

Nicky Henson

Swallow

Popularity: 1.7

Hilary Dwyer

Sara

Popularity: 7.1

Rupert Davies

John Lowes

Popularity: 2.2

Patrick Wymark

Cromwell

Popularity: 11.6

Wilfrid Brambell

Master Loach

Popularity: 12.3

Tony Selby

Salter

Popularity: 2.5

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Michael Beint

Captain Gordon

Popularity: 4.8

Bernard Kay

Fisherman

Popularity: 5.1

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Beaufoy Milton

Priest

Popularity: 0.0

Key Crew

Director Michael Reeves

Screenplay Michael Reeves, Tom Baker

Producer Philip Waddilove, Louis M. Heyward, Arnold L. Miller

Editor Howard Lanning

Executive Producer Tony Tenser

Production

Tigon British Film Productions

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Mark Kermode reviews Witchfinder General (1968) | BFI Player

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Keywords

rape based on novel or book witch burning false accusations religious fundamentalism sadistic torture witch hunt english civil war 17th century folk horror suffolk, england forced sex

Reviews from TMDB

talisencrw 9/10

Apr 29, 2016

An undeniably brilliant swan song for the ill-fated directorial prodigy Reeves, with remarkable vision, and a ghastly sadistic performance by Vincent Price. Hard to like the film because it gets under your skin with its brutality and just stays there, eating you from within. A very fine work that st ... Read more

Wuchak 7/10

Jun 5, 2022

_**Cinema's account of the infamous Matthew Hopkins**_ The infamous witch-finding exploits of Matthew Hopkins in Eastern England circa 1646 are chronicled based on Ronald Bassett’s 1966 novel. Hopkins (Vincent Price) and his colleague John Stearne travel from village to village brutally torturi ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Jun 3, 2023

Vincent Price is superb in this depiction of the tyrannical, evil "Matthew Hopkins", tasked amidst the English Civil War to bring fear and terror to the population. Playing to just about every phobia and superstition, he travels the land seeking out and punishing those who worship or serve the devil ... Read more