The Beast Must Die
Born Today
Home / The Beast Must Die

The Beast Must Die

Duration:
93 min
Genres:
Horror | Mystery
IMDB rate:
5.8
Director:
Paul Annett
Details
Country: UK
Filming Locations: Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK
Cast
Actor
Character
Calvin Lockhart
Tom Newcliffe
Peter Cushing
Dr. Christopher Lundgren
Marlene Clark
Caroline Newcliffe
Charles Gray
Arthur Bennington
Ciaran Madden
Davina Gilmore
Tom Chadbon
Paul Foote
Michael Gambon
Jan Jarmokowski
Sam Mansary
Butler (as Sam Mansaray)
Andrew Lodge
Pilot
Carl Bohen
1st Hunter (as Carl Bohun)
Eric Carte
2nd Hunter
Valentine Dyall
Narrator of the werewolf Break (voice) (uncredited)
Annie Ross
Caroline (voice) (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
One of the unforeseen challenges of casting a black actor was that it caused problems lighting the numerous day-for-night sequences, a cost-cutting method where nighttime scenes were shot in the day with the addition of special filters to make it appear that it was filmed at night.
Share this
Marlene Clark was dubbed by Annie Ross.
Share this
Robert Quarry was originally slated to play the lead, but at the last minute the film's producers went with Calvin Lockhart instead in order to capitalize on the then hot blaxploitation craze.
Share this
Goofs
Truly awful use of "day for night" shots makes it painfully obvious that the "night" shots were done during the day.
Share this
Tom Newcliffe invites several people to his estate because he is convinced one of them is a werewolf and intends to identify and hunt the one who is. After dinner the first evening, he explains this to the gathered people. Newcliffe goes from one guest to the next, explaining how he suspects each of being a werewolf. However, he does NOT indicate that he has conclusively (or at least to his satisfaction) confirmed the existence of one werewolf and determined that its normal human form must be one of his invitees, but instead outlines evidence that each person, independently of the others, might be A werewolf. Given the existence of such creatures, Newcliffe has presented a situation in which anywhere from none to all of his special guests might be werewolves rather than one, no more and no less.
Share this
When the alarm shows that the werewolf has left the estate and is prowling in the woods, Tom has his surveillance expert help him track the beast. He could have taken a few seconds to look in on all the guests via the spy cameras to see which one was missing from their room and so discover the werewolf's identity, but it doesn't seem to occur to him.
Share this
Quotes
Arthur Bennington: I've always loathed parlor games. What am I supposed to do?
Share this
Tom Newcliffe: He's been looking for a werewolf all his life, haven't you, Doctor?
Share this
Pavel: All this expense. Why? Protection? Against whom?
Share this
Photos from cast
Anton Diffring
pepsi circle logo png Tattoo on the chest crown sketch queen rose gold crown png transparent background clipart crown png