The Medusa Touch
1978
Richard Burton is the man with the medusa touch... he has the power to create catastrophe.
Directed by Jack Gold
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A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries with the help of journals and a psychiatrist. He realises that the man had powerful telekinetic abilities.
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- Director
- Jack Gold
- Written by
- Peter Van Greenaway, John Briley
- Produced by
- Anne V. Coates, Jack Gold
- Composer
- Michael J. Lewis
- Cinematographer
- Arthur Ibbetson
- Editor
- Ian Crafford
- Studios
- ITC Entertainment, Coatesgold
- Origin country
- United Kingdom
- Production countries
- France, United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Language
- English
- TMDB
- 6.8/10 (202 votes)
- Metacritic
- 49/100
- IMDb
- 6.9/10 (8,017 votes)
Awards
- NominatedSaturn Award— Best Horror Film(1979)
Cast
Richard Burton
John Morlar
Lino Ventura
Brunel
Lee Remick
Doctor Zonfeld
Harry Andrews
Assistant Commissioner
Alan Badel
Barrister
Marie-Christine Barrault
Patricia
Jeremy Brett
Edward Parrish
Michael Hordern
Atropos - Fortune Teller
Gordon Jackson
Doctor Johnson
Michael Byrne
Duff
Derek Jacobi
Townley - Publisher
Malcolm Tierney
Deacon
Philip Stone
Dean
Robert Lang
Pennington
Avril Elgar
Mrs. Pennington
James Hazeldine
Lovelass
John Normington
Mr. Copley
Robert Flemyng
Judge McKinley
Crew
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