Directed by:
Freddie FrancisScreenplay:
Milton SubotskyCinematography:
John WilcoxComposer:
Elisabeth LutyensCast:
Peter Cushing, Jill Bennett, Nigel Green, Patrick Magee, Michael Gough, George Coulouris, Christopher Lee, Anna Palk, Patrick Wymark, George Hilsdon (more)Plots(1)
Peter Cushing stars as Dr. Christopher Maitland, a writer and collector of occult items (with a preference for those with a somewhat macabre history), who is offered the chance to purchase a highly expensive and unusual item the skull of the Marquis de Sade. Warned against obtaining the item by fellow collector (Christopher Lee), the skull s influence draws Maitland in, madness and death soon follow... (Eureka Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Peter Cushing
UK
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Hamlet (1948)
Moulin Rouge (1952)
Jill Bennett
Malaysia
Best movies:
Lust for Life (1956)
Lady Jane (1986)
Julius Caesar (1970)
Nigel Green
South Africa
Best movies:
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
The League of Gentlemen (1960)
Patrick Magee
UK
Best movies:
Barry Lyndon (1975)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Cromwell (1970)
Michael Gough
Malaysia
Best movies:
Corpse Bride (2005)
Out of Africa (1985)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
George Coulouris
UK
Best movies:
Papillon (1973)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Christopher Lee
UK
Best movies:
Anna Palk
UK
Best movies:
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
The Skull (1965)
Tower of Evil (1972)
Patrick Wymark
UK
Best movies:
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Battle of Britain (1969)
Cromwell (1970)
George Hilsdon
UK
Best movies:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
The One That Got Away (1957)
Press for Time (1966)
Frank Forsyth
UK
Best movies:
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Love Among the Ruins (1975) (TV movie)
Stolen Assignment (1955)
Maurice Good
Ireland
Best movies:
Murder Most Foul (1964)
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
The Skull (1965)
April Olrich
Tanzania
Best movies:
Room at the Top (1959)
Kill Me Tomorrow (1957)
The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
Peter Woodthorpe
UK
Best movies:
A Christmas Carol (1984) (TV movie)
Eleni (1985)
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
Geoffrey Cheshire
UK
Best movies:
The Thief of Baghdad (1978) (TV movie)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
The Skull (1965)