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The Beast Must Die ()

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Eight people are invited to an island estate for the weekend. One of them is a werewolf. Can you guess which one?
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Tom Newcliffe
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Dr. Christopher Lundgren
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Caroline Newcliffe
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Bennington
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Pavel
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Davina
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Paul Foote
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Jan
Sam Mansary ...
Butler (as Sam Mansaray)
Andrew Lodge ...
Pilot
Carl Bohen ...
1st Hunter (as Carl Bohun)
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2nd Hunter
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Narrator of the Werewolf Break (uncredited) (voice)
Dennis Plenty ...
Hunter (uncredited)
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Caroline Newcliffe (uncredited) (voice)

Directed by

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Paul Annett

Written by

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Michael Winder ... (screenplay)
 
Paul Annett ... () (uncredited)
 
James Blish ... (story "There Shall Be No Darkness") (uncredited)
 
Scot Finch ... () (uncredited)

Produced by

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John Dark ... associate producer
Robert H. Greenberg ... executive producer (as Robert Greenberg)
Max Rosenberg ... producer (as Max J. Rosenberg)
Milton Subotsky ... producer

Music by

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Douglas Gamley

Cinematography by

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Jack Hildyard ... director of photography

Editing by

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Peter Tanner

Editorial Department

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Tom Cornwell ... first assistant editor (uncredited)
Rodney Glenn ... second assistant editor (uncredited)

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Thelma Graves ... (uncredited)

Art Direction by

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John Stoll

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Paul Rabiger ... makeup artist
Bobbie Smith ... hairdresser

Production Management

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John Davis ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Richard Jenkins ... assistant director
Vic Smith ... third assistant director (uncredited)

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Herbert Westbrook ... set dresser

Sound Department

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Richard Langford ... dubbing mixer
Ken Ritchie ... sound mixer
Ean Wood ... sound editor

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Ted Samuels ... special effects

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Derek V. Browne ... camera operator (as Derek Browne)
George Robinson ... chief electrician
Robin McDonald ... clapper loader (uncredited)

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John Hilling ... wardrobe supervisor

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Douglas Gamley ... conductor

Script and Continuity Department

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Phyllis Townshend ... continuity

Additional Crew

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Andy Armstrong ... production assistant (uncredited)
Lily Poyser ... publicist (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

Tom Newcliffe (Calvin Lockhart), a rich businessman and expert hunter, summons six guests to his huge country estate which he has rigged up with video cameras and a high-tech security system. He tells them and his surprised wife that they are all to stay over a weekend and that all of them will be kept on the estate during that weekend. For each guest, dead bodies have followed in their wake and the way that the dead have been murdered means that one of the guests is a werewolf and Tom has summoned his guests here to discover who it is and to hunt it down. This movie has a clip at the beginning asking people in the audience to try to identify the werewolf, and near the end, there is a thirty-second "Werewolf Break" for the audience to think over the evidence. Written by Lee Horton

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Taglines One of these eight people will turn into a werewolf. Can you guess who it is when we stop the film for the WEREWOLF BREAK? See it ... solve it ... but don't tell! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Black Werewolf (United States)
  • Cinq griffes dans les ténèbres (France)
  • Le mystère de la bête humaine (France)
  • La bèstia ha de morir (Spain, Catalan title)
  • La bestia debe morir (Spain)
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  • 93 min
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Trivia Despite writer / director Paul Annett's objections, producer Milton Subotsky (who hated this movie) insisted on the werewolf break gimmick where the viewer was invited to guess who the werewolf is. See more »
Goofs When the alarm shows that the werewolf has left the estate and is prowling in the woods, Tom has his surveillance expert help him track the beast. He could have taken a few seconds to look in on all the guests via the spy cameras to see which one was missing from their room and so discover the werewolf's identity, but it doesn't seem to occur to him. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Melody (1980). See more »
Soundtracks Moonlight Sonata See more »
Crazy Credits [At the beginning of the film, with narration] This film is a detective story--in which you are the detective The question is not "Who is the murderer?"--But "Who is the werewolf?" After all the clues have been shown--You will get a chance to give your answer. (Said but not written on screen, directly after above quote: Watch for the werewolf break). See more »
Quotes Narrator of the Werewolf Break: This film is a detective story - in which you are the detective. The question is not "Who is the murderer?", but "Who is the werewolf?" After all the clues have been shown, you will get a chance to give your answer. Watch for The Werewolf Break.
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