The Witches (1966)

Synopsis: This Hammer Production set in the English countryside pits Gwen Mayfield (Joan Fontaine), the newly appointed headmistress of Haddaby Academy against a coven of witches. Tormented by memories of... This Hammer Production set in the English countryside pits Gwen Mayfield (Joan Fontaine), the newly appointed headmistress of Haddaby Academy against a coven of witches. Tormented by memories of experiences with African witch doctors, Gwen thinks that working at a quiet English countryside school will help her resume a normal life. But when a little boy becomes comatose and Gwen discovers a suspicious voodoo doll, she realizes that she must undertake a witch hunt before the evildoers can destroy the town. [More]

Starring: Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen, Ann Bell

Starring: Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen, Ann Bell, Michele Dotrice, Ingrid Brett, John Collin, Gwen Ffrangçon Davies, Duncan Lamont, Leonard Rossiter, Shelagh Fraser, Bryan Marshall

Director: Cyril Frankel

Director: Cyril Frankel
Screenwriter: Nigel Kneale
Story: Peter Curtis
Producer: Anthony Nelson Keys
Composer: Richard Rodney Bennett

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