Paranoiac
6.7
“Shocking! Horrifying! Macabre!”
Eleven years ago, the wealthy Ashby family was shattered when Mr and Mrs Ashby died in an airplane crash and their grieving son Tony committed suicide. All who remains is cruel Simon, an alcoholic in desperate need of funds; his mentally fragile sister Eleanor; and his protective aunt Harriet. Simon is just weeks away from receiving his inheritance, but there's a hitch in his plans when the long-believed dead Tony suddenly arrives.
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Cast
13 people
Janette Scott
Eleanor Ashby
Known for
The Day of the Triffids
Crack in the World
Oliver Reed
Simon Ashby
Known for
Gladiator
The Brood
Sheila Burrell
Aunt Harriet
Known for
Cold Comfort Farm
Maurice Denham
John Kossett
Known for
Animal Farm
Night of the Demon
Alexander Davion
Tony Ashby
Known for
Thunderbirds Are GO
The Plague of the Zombies
Liliane Brousse
Françoise
Also in
Maniac
The Parisienne and the Prudes
Harold Lang
RAF Type
Known for
The Quatermass Xperiment
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Arnold Diamond
Publican
Known for
The Revenge of Frankenstein
The Girl on a Motorcycle
John Bonney
Keith Kossett
Known for
633 Squadron
John Stuart
Williams
Known for
Number Seventeen
The Pleasure Garden
Sydney Bromley
Tramp (uncredited)
Known for
The NeverEnding Story
The Fearless Vampire Killers
Laurie Leigh
Woman #1 (uncredited)
Also in
The Marked One
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Freddie Francis Director · Jimmy Sangster Writer Josephine Tey Author
United States release May 15, 1963 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production The Rank Organisation, Universal Pictures
Production
Hammer Film Productions
Production
The Rank Organisation
Production
Universal Pictures
Studio
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · January 7, 1963
Theatrical
United States · May 15, 1963
Theatrical
France
July 31, 1963 · Theatrical
Germany
May 9, 1963 · Theatrical
Netherlands
July 23, 2010 · Physical · DVD, Blu ray
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