The Skull (film)
| The Skull | |
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| Directed by | Freddie Francis |
| Written by | Milton Subotsky Robert Bloch |
| Based on | short story "The Skull of the Marquis de Sade" by Robert Bloch |
| Produced by | Max Rosenberg Milton Subotsky |
| Starring | Peter Cushing Christopher Lee Jill Bennett Patrick Wymark Nigel Green |
| Cinematography | John Wilcox |
| Edited by | Oswald Hafenrichter |
| Music by | Elisabeth Lutyens |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Skull is a 1965 British horror film directed by Freddie Francis for Amicus Productions, and starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, Patrick Wymark, Jill Bennett, Nigel Green, Patrick Magee and Peter Woodthorpe. The script was written by Milton Subotsky from a short story by Robert Bloch, "The Skull of the Marquis de Sade".
It was one of a number of British horror films of the sixties to be scored by avant-garde composer Elisabeth Lutyens, including several others for Amicus.