The Shout
“A film of intense perversity - the madness of the mind.”
A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.
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Cast
15 people
Alan Bates
Charles Crossley
Known for
The Sum of All Fears
Zorba the Greek
Susannah York
Rachel Fielding
Known for
Images
Superman II
John Hurt
Anthony Fielding
Known for
Alien
V for Vendetta
Robert Stephens
Chief Medical Officer
Known for
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Holocaust
Tim Curry
Robert Graves
Known for
It
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Julian Hough
Vicar
Known for
Death Watch
Colin Higgins
Carol Drinkwater
Cobbler's Wife
Known for
All Creatures Great and Small
An Awfully Big Adventure
John Rees
Inspector
Known for
Holocaust
The Go-Between
Jim Broadbent
Fielder in Cowpat
Known for
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Hot Fuzz
Susan Wooldridge
Harriet
Known for
KAOS
The War of the Worlds
Nick Stringer
Cobbler
Known for
The Long Good Friday
The New Statesman
Jerzy Skolimowski Director · Michael Austin Screenplay Robert Graves Story
United States release April 20, 1979 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Recorded Picture Company, Jeremy Thomas Productions
Production
The Rank Organisation
Production
Recorded Picture Company
Production
Jeremy Thomas Productions
Production
United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
France · May 22, 1978
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United Kingdom · June 16, 1978
Theatrical
United States · April 20, 1979
Limited theatrical · Labeled as the US Premiere by the distributor
United States
October 1, 1978 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
November 9, 1979 · Theatrical · New York City, New York
Argentina
May 17, 1979 · Theatrical
Denmark
August 29, 1979 · Theatrical
Finland
May 4, 1979 · Theatrical
France
December 13, 1978 · Theatrical
January 28, 2015 · Theatrical · re-release
Germany
July 20, 1979 · Theatrical
Greece
November 10, 2000 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Ireland
February 16, 1979 · Theatrical
Italy
August 24, 1978 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 9, 1978 · Theatrical
Portugal
September 28, 1978 · Theatrical · Porto
June 8, 1993 · TV · TV premiere
Sweden
June 17, 1996 · TV · TV premiere
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