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Cast and characters:
Calvin Lockhart … Tom Newcliffe
Peter Cushing … Doctor Christopher Lundgren
Marlene Clark … Caroline Newcliffe
Charles Gray … Bennington
Anton Diffring … Pavel
Ciaran Madden … Davina
Tom Chadbon … Paul Foote
Michael Gambon … Jan
Sam Mansary … Butler (as Sam Mansaray)
Andrew Lodge … Pilot
Carl Bohen … First Hunter (as Carl Bohun)
Eric Carte … Second Hunter
Valentine Dyall … Werewolf Break narrator (voice)
Annie Ross … Caroline Newcliffe (voice)
Filming locations:
Shepperton Studios, Studios Road, Shepperton, Middlesex, England
Scotland (opening helicopter shots)
Technical specs:
1 hour 33 minutes
Technicolor
Aspect ratio: 1.85: 1
Audio: Mono
Censorship and cinema release:
Passed uncut with an ‘X’ certificate by censorship body the BBFC (submitted by British Lion Film Corp Ltd, awarded 31/01/1974). All subsequent VHS, DVD and Blu-ray releases have been rated ’15’.
In the USA, The Beast Must Die was released in 1974 by Cinerama Releasing Corporation with a ‘PG’ certificate.
