The Wicker Man (1973)

Released: 1973-12-06 Duration: 1hr 33min

Genres: Horror

Rating 7.3

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Flesh to touch...Flesh to burn! Don't keep the Wicker Man waiting!

Overview

Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. Stranger still, however, are the rituals that take place there.

Production Companies

British Lion Films

Additional Info

Budget	$810,000.00
Revenue	$513,000.00
Original Language	en
Popularity	16.946

Directed By

Robin Hardy

Crew

Director
Robin Hardy

Costume Design
Sue Yelland

Director of Photography
Harry Waxman

Editor
Eric Boyd-Perkins

Producer
Peter Snell

Art Direction
Seamus Flannery

Casting
Maggie Cartier

Original Music Composer
Paul Giovanni

Hairstylist
Jan Dorman

Makeup Artist
W.T. Partleton

Still Photographer
John Brown

Screenplay
Anthony Shaffer

Novel
David Pinner

Continuity
Sue Merry

Assistant Editor
Denis Whitehouse

Camera Operator
James Devis

Second Unit Director of Photography
Peter Allwork

Production Secretary
Beryl Harvey

Focus Puller
Mike Drew

Music Director
Gary Carpenter

Choreographer
Stuart Hopps

Sound
Robin Gregory

Sound Editor
Vernon Messenger

Location Manager
Jilda Smith

Stunts
Bronco McLoughlin

Production Manager
Ted Morley

Sound
Bob Jones

Wardrobe Supervisor
Masada Wilmot

Assistant Director
Jake Wright

Unit Manager
Mike Gowans

TOP CAST

Fred Wood

Parishioner (Singing Hymn In Church) (uncredited)

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