The Whisperers (1967)
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57% of users liked it
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The Whisperers stars Dame Edith Evans as a lonely old woman whose imagination is getting the better of her sanity. She insists that she hears "whisperers" plotting and planning against her at all times; she also believes that these imaginary entities are spying on her. So suspicious is Ms.… More The Whisperers stars Dame Edith Evans as a lonely old woman whose imagination is getting the better of her sanity. She insists that she hears "whisperers" plotting and planning against her at all times; she also believes that these imaginary entities are spying on her. So suspicious is Ms. Evans of her nonexistent whisperers that she fails to notice the very real predators around her. She is robbed of her life's savings by a nasty "friend" (Avis Brunnage), and is exploited by her estranged con-artist husband (Eric Portman) and her no-good son (Ronald Fraser) Even when she catches on to the duplicity of others, Ms. Evans is so far gone with her "whisperers" that the authorities refuse to believe her. Seedy and sordid though it may be, The Whisperers won Edith Evans the Best Actress award from the New York Critics' Circle. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Bryan Forbes
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jul 31, 1967 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Dame Edith Evans received Best Actress Oscar nomination and the N.Y. Film Critics award for this grim psychological drama about an elderly women who hears threatening (imaginary?) voices.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
By the third act, I felt as boxed in as the protagonist.
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Cast
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Edith Evans
as Mrs. Maggie Ross
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Eric Portman
as Archie Ross
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Nanette Newman
as Girl Upstairs
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Gerald Sim
as Mr. Conrad
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Avis Bunnage
as Mrs. Noonan
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Ronald Fraser
as Charlie Ross
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Harry Baird
as Earl
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Robert Russell
as Andy
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Kenneth Griffith
as Mr. Weaver
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Max Bacon
as Mr. Fish
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Robin Bailey
as Psychiatrist
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Sarah Forbes
as Mrs. Ross (younger)
- Michael Scott Lees
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Michael Robbins
as Mr. Noonan
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Leonard Rossiter
as National Assistance Official
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Margaret Tyzack
as Almoner
- Tom Kempinski
- George Spence
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Clare Kelly
as Prostitute
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Peter Thompson
as Publican
