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The Damned

Joseph Losey
UK      77 m.
Synopsis

Losey’s second collaboration with the Hammer Films horror studio resulted in this film turned cult movie. A strange combination of youth drama and sci-fi fantasy, it reflects on the violence of contemporary society a few years prior to Anthony Burgess’ novel A Clockwork Orange, while launching a pessimistic denunciation of the dangers of the arms race during the Cold War.

Director
Joseph Losey
Screenplay
Evan Jones
Production
Hammer Film Productions, Swallow Productions
Anthony Hinds
Photography
Arthur Grant
Edition
Reginald Mills
Music
James Bernard
Cast
MacDonald Carey, Shirley Ann Field, Viveca Lindfors, Alexander Knox, Oliver Reed
Running Time
87 m.
Country
UK
Year
1962
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