The Godsend (film)

The Godsend
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gabrielle Beaumont
Screenplay by	Olaf Pooley
Based on	The Godsend by Bernard Taylor
Produced by	Gabrielle Beaumont
Starring	Malcolm Stoddard Cyd Hayman Angela Pleasence Patrick Barr Wilhelmina Green Joanne Boorman
Cinematography	Norman Warwick
Edited by	Michael Ellis
Music by	Roger Webb
Production company	The Cannon Group, Inc.
Distributed by	The Cannon Group, Inc.
Release date	11 January 1980 (1980-01-11) (Los Angeles)[1]
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$1.1 million[2]
Box office	$1,650,000[3]

The Godsend is a 1980 British horror film directed by Gabrielle Beaumont, written by Olaf Pooley, and starring Malcolm Stoddard, Cyd Hayman, Angela Pleasence, Patrick Barr, Wilhelmina Green, and Joanne Boorman. It follows a family who adopt an infant girl from a strange woman, only to find that, as they raise her, their other children begin to die in a series of mysterious accidents. It is based on the 1976 novel The Godsend by Bernard Taylor. The film was released in the United States on 11 January 1980 by The Cannon Group, Inc.^[4]