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England is torn in civil strife as the Royalists battle the Parliamentary Party for control. This conflict distracts people from rational thought and allows unscrupulous men to gain local power by exploiting village superstitions. One of these men is Matthew Hopkins, who tours the land offering his services as a persecutor of witches. Aided by his sadistic accomplice John Stearne, he travels from city to city and wrenches confessions from "witches" in order to line his pockets and gain sexual favors. When Hopkins persecutes a priest, he incurs the wrath of Richard Marshall, who is engaged to the priest's niece. Risking treason by leaving his military duties, Marshall relentlessly pursues the evil Hopkins and his minion Stearne.
Original Release
05/15/1968
US Release
05/15/1968
Cast
Name | Character |
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Vincent Price | Matthew Hopkins |
Ian Ogilvy | Richard Marshall |
Rupert Davies | John Lowes |
Patrick Wymark | Cromwell |
Wilfrid Brambell | Master Loach |
Hilary Heath | Sara |
Robert Russell | John Stearne |
Nicky Henson | Swallow / Trooper Swallow |
Tony Selby | Salter |
Michael Beint | Captain Gordon |
Directors
Writers
Michael Reeves, Tom Baker, Louis M. Heyward, Edgar Allan Poe, Ronald Bassett
Cast
Name | Character |
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Vincent Price | Matthew Hopkins |
Ian Ogilvy | Richard Marshall |
Rupert Davies | John Lowes |
Patrick Wymark | Cromwell |
Wilfrid Brambell | Master Loach |
Hilary Heath | Sara |
Robert Russell | John Stearne |
Nicky Henson | Swallow / Trooper Swallow |
Tony Selby | Salter |
Michael Beint | Captain Gordon |
Bernard Kay | Fisherman |
Beaufoy Milton | Priest |
John Trenaman | Trooper Harcourt / Harcourt |
Bill Maxwell | Gifford |
Peter Thomas | Farrier |
Maggie Kimberly | Elizabeth |
Dennis Thorne | Villager / Villager #1 |
Ann Tirard | Old Woman |
Gillian Aldam | Young Woman in Cell |
Hira Talfrey | Hanged Woman |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Samuel Z. Arkoff | Executive Producer |
James H. Nicholson | Executive Producer |
Tony Tenser | Executive Producer |
Louis M. Heyward | Producer |
Arnold L. Miller | Producer |
Philip Waddilove | Producer |