The Devil's Widow
1970 · Movie · 106 min. · United Kingdom
Based on the ancient Scottish ballad "Tam Lin" (one of it's many titles), the plot concerns an aging, beautiful woman who uses her wealth (and occasionally, witchcraft) to control a decadent pack of attractive young people she surrounds herself with. But when her latest young stud falls for the local vicar's daughter, she vows revenge.
Direction Roddy McDowall
Cast Ava Gardner · Ian McShane · Richard Wattis · Cyril Cusack · Stephanie Beacham · David Whitman · Fabia Drake · Sinead Cusack · Joanna Lumley · Jenny Hanley · Madeline Smith · Bruce Robinson · Victoria Fairbrother · Rosemary Blake · Julian Barnes
Soundtrack Stanley Myers
Screenplay William Spier
Cinematography Billy Williams
Original title The Ballad of Tam Lin (The Devil's Widow)
5.3
21 votes (FilmAffinity)
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