The Wicker Man (1973)

12/06/1973 (GB) • 1h 33m

Horror

Flesh to touch...Flesh to burn! Don't keep the Wicker Man waiting!

Overview

Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. Stranger still, however, are the rituals that take place there.

Top Billed Cast

Edward Woodward

Sergeant Neil Howie

Christopher Lee

Lord Summerisle

Britt Ekland

Willow MacGreagor

Diane Cilento

Miss Rose

Ingrid Pitt

Librarian

Roy Boyd

Broome

Walter Carr

School Master

Irene Sunters

May Morrison


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$810,000.00

Revenue

$513,000.00

Keywords

virgin

island

based on novel or book

sacrifice

scotland

ritual

cemetery

investigation

cult

human sacrifice

rural area

disappearance

paganism

policeman

bonfire

psychotronic

voyeurism

may day

folk horror

song

sea plane

harvest festival

horror musical

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