The Medusa Touch (1978)
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In The Medusa Touch Brunel (Lino Ventura), a French detective on temporary assignment with Scotland Yard, investigates a mysterious series of disasters. The uncanny events begin happening shortly after writer John Morlar (Richard Burton) was hit over the head by an unknown intruder and rendered… More In The Medusa Touch Brunel (Lino Ventura), a French detective on temporary assignment with Scotland Yard, investigates a mysterious series of disasters. The uncanny events begin happening shortly after writer John Morlar (Richard Burton) was hit over the head by an unknown intruder and rendered comatose. Slowly, Brunel begins to connect the strange things that are happening in the world with the deranged dreams of the comatose Morlar. He gets the final clue he needs from Morlar's reluctant psychiatrist, Dr. Zonfield (Lee Remick), who holds the key to Morlar's past. Once it is discovered that Morlar has the ability to think horrible thoughts and make them come true, Brunel and Zonfield must take off with dispatch to a London cathedral, where the Queen is scheduled to make an appearance -- but Morlar is thinking about the cathedral, and it is crumbling fast. Well-liked in Britain, this movie did not do well in the U.S. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jack Gold
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense
PG,
- In Theaters
- Apr 14, 1978 Wide
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Cast
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Richard Burton
as John Morlar
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Lino Ventura
as Insp. Brunel
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Lee Remick
as Dr. Zonfield
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Harry Andrews
as Assistant Commissioner
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Marie-Christine Barrault
as Patricia Morlar
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Michael Hordern
as Atropos the Fortune Teller
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Gordon Jackson
as Dr.Johnson
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Derek Jacobi
as Townley the Publisher
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Michael Byrne
as Duff
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Jeremy Brett
as Edward Parrish
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Robert Lang
as Pennington
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Denise Alexander
as Hospital Doctor
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Alan Badel
as Barrister
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Norman Bird
as Father
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Joseph Clark
as 14 Year Old Morlar
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John Flanagan
as Police Constable
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Robert Flemyng
as Judge McKinley
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James Hazeldine
as Lovelass
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Gordon Honeycombe
as TV Newscaster
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George Innes
as Van Driver
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Jennifer Jayne
as Mother
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Ian Marter
as Detective in Street
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John Normington
as Schoolmaster
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Maurice O'Connell
as Sgt. Robbins
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Earl Rhodes
as Parson
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Colin Rix
as Engineer
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Philip Stone
as Dean
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Frances Tomelty
as Nanny
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Brook Williams
as Male Nurse
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Malcolm Tierney
as Deacon
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Stanley Lebor
as Police Doctor
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Matthew Long
as Copilot
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Avril Elgar
as Mrs. Pennington
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Wendy Gifford
as Receptionist
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Victor Winding
as Senior Police Officer
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Mark Jones
as Sgt. Hughes
