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The Shout(1978)
Status: Released
Date: 1978-06-16
59%
113 Votes
Time: 1h 26m
A film of intense perversity - the madness of the mind.
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies: 
The Rank Organisation
Jeremy Thomas Productions
National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC)
National Film Trustee Company
Movie: The Shout
Top 10 Billed Cast
Alan Bates
Charles Crossley
Susannah York
Rachel Fielding
John Hurt
Anthony Fielding
Robert Stephens
Chief Medical Officer
Tim Curry
Robert Graves
Carol Drinkwater
Cobbler's Wife
Jim Broadbent
Fielder in Cowpat
Susan Wooldridge
Harriet
Video Trailer The Shout
Video: THE SHOUT Official Trailer [1978]
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THE SHOUT Official Trailer [1978]
Trailer - Out on Blu-Ray
Clip
Directors Daniel Kokotajlo and Mark Jenkin on Jerzy Skolimowski's The Shout | BFI Q&A
Mark Kermode reviews The Shout | BFI Player
Susannah York in The Shout with John Hurt and Alan Bates
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![THE SHOUT Official Trailer [1978]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kGq5hVQqD1M/sddefault.jpg)
THE SHOUT Official Trailer [1978] - Trailer
Trailer - Out on Blu-Ray - Trailer
Clip - Clip
Directors Daniel Kokotajlo and Mark Jenkin on Jerzy Skolimowski's The Shout | BFI Q&A - Featurette
Mark Kermode reviews The Shout | BFI Player - Featurette
Susannah York in The Shout with John Hurt and Alan Bates - Clip
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