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The Beast in the Cellar is a British film of genre Thriller released in USA on 14 april 1971 with Beryl Reid

The Beast in the Cellar (1970)

The Beast in the Cellar
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Released in USA 14 april 1971
Length 1h41
Genres Thriller,    Horror
Rating49% 2.457362.457362.457362.457362.45736

The Beast in the Cellar is a 1970 British horror film written and directed by James Kelley. The film was produced by Leander Films and Tigon British Film Productions.

Synopsis

Soldiers in a rural military base are being brutally murdered. They suspect a wild cat. Two local ladies: Joyce Balentine (Flora Robson) and Ellie (Beryl Reid) suspect it may be their brother, Steven (Dafydd Havard); a man who has been locked in a basement for thirty years.

Actors

Beryl Reid

(Ellie Ballantyne)
Flora Robson

(Joyce Ballantyne)
John Hamill

(Alan Marlow)
Tessa Wyatt

(Joanna Sutherland)
T.P. McKenna

(Det. Chief Sup. Paddick)
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