Cry of the Banshee

Cry of the Banshee
Theatrical release poster.
Directed byGordon Hessler
Written byTim Kelly
Christopher Wicking (screenplay)
Based onstory by Tim Kelly
Produced byLouis M. Heyward
Executive
Samuel Z. Arkoff
James H. Nicholson
Gordon Hessler
StarringVincent Price
Elisabeth Bergner
Essy Persson
Hugh Griffith
Patrick Mower
Hilary Dwyer
Sally Geeson
CinematographyJohn Coquillon
Edited byOswald Hafenrichter
Music byLes Baxter (U.S theatrical version)
Wilfred Josephs (uncut version)
Distributed byAmerican International Pictures
Release date
  • 22 July 1970 (1970-07-22) (U.S. release)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$450,000-$500,000 (est.)[1]
Box office$1,306,000 (US/ Canada rentals)[2][3]

Cry of the Banshee is a 1970 British horror film directed by Gordon Hessler and starring Vincent Price.[4] It was released by American International Pictures. The title credit sequence was animated by Terry Gilliam.

  1. ^ Tom Weaver, "Gordon Hessler", Return of the B Science Fiction and Horror Heroes: The Mutant Melding of Two Volumes of Classic Interviews 2000 McFarland, p 148
  2. ^ "Big Rental Films of 1970", Variety, 6 January 1971 p 11
  3. ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 301. ISBN 9780835717762. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
  4. ^ "Cry of the Banshee". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

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