Necromancy (film)
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| Directed by | Bert I. Gordon |
| Produced by | Sidney L. Caplan Gail March Jeffrey M. Sneller |
| Written by | Bert I. Gordon Gail March |
| Starring | Orson Welles Pamela Franklin Lee Purcell |
| Music by | Fred Karger Robert J. Walsh |
| Cinematography | Winton C. Hoch |
| Edited by | John B. Woelz |
| Distributed by | Cinerama Releasing Corporation |
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83 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Necromancy (also known as The Witching) is a 1972 horror film directed by Bert I. Gordon and starring Orson Welles and Pamela Franklin.
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Plot
A strange and sinister man, Mr. Cato (Orson Welles), wields extraordinary power in the small town of Lilith. The townsfolk indulge in weird rituals in their pursuit of necromancy, bring the dead back to life. Against this disturbing background a beautiful young girl, Lori (Pamela Franklin), becomes the human catalyst. She is married to one of Cato's workers and holds the key between life and death: what Cato and his followers have in mind is using Lori to bring back Cato's dead son.
Cast
- Orson Welles as Mr. Cato
- Pamela Franklin as Lori Brandon
- Lee Purcell as Priscilla
- Michael Ontkean as Frank Brandon
- Harvey Jason as Dr. Jay
- Lisa James as Georgette
- Susan Bernard as Nancy (billed as Sue Bernard)
Release
The film was released theatrically in the United States by Cinerama Releasing Corporation in 1972.[citation needed]
The film was released on VHS in the U.S. as The Witching by both Paragon Video Productions and Magnum Entertainment in the 1983.[citation needed] It was released as Necromancy on DVD by Video International on February 11, 2008.[1]
The film was released on DVD by Pegasus Entertainment on November 18, 2002.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Witches Releases at AllMovie.com. Retrieved on February 15, 2016.
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Necromancy at IMDb
- The Witching (1972) at AllMovie
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