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Witchfinder General

6.519681h 27m18MovieDramaHistoryHorror

England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the country causes an era of chaos and legal arbitrariness that allows unscrupulous men to profit by exploiting the absurd superstitions of the…

DirectorMichael Reeves
WritersMichael Reeves·Tom Baker
ProducersPhilip Waddilove·Louis M. Heyward

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Cast · Directed by Michael Reeves

VPVincent Price
Vincent Price
Matthew Hopkins
IOIan Ogilvy
Ian Ogilvy
Richard Marshall
RRRobert Russell
Robert Russell
John Stearne
NHNicky Henson
Nicky Henson
Swallow
HDHilary Dwyer
Hilary Dwyer
Sara
RDRupert Davies
Rupert Davies
John Lowes
PWPatrick Wymark
Patrick Wymark
Cromwell
WBWilfrid Brambell
Wilfrid Brambell
Master Loach
TSTony Selby
Tony Selby
Salter
MB
Michael Beint
Captain Gordon
BKBernard Kay
Bernard Kay
Fisherman
BM
Beaufoy Milton
Priest

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