The Devil's Advocate
1997 · Horror · Drama
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Film / 1971
Tod im Teufelsgrund
Directed by
Sidney Hayers
After a schoolgirl is raped while taking a short cut through the local woods, and another murdered a few days later, the police are baffled. With the help of a reporter, and against the wishes of a local psychologist, a young schoolteacher uses herself as bait to lure the perpetrator out.
The story
After a schoolgirl is raped while taking a short cut through the local woods, and another murdered a few days later, the police are baffled. With the help of a reporter, and against the wishes of a local psychologist, a young schoolteacher uses herself as bait to lure the perpetrator out.
Cast
Suzy KendallJulie West
Frank FinlayDet. Chief Supt. Velyan
Freddie JonesReporter
James LaurensonGreg Lomax
Lesley-Anne DownTessa Hurst
Tony BeckleyLeslie Sanford
Anthony AinleyMr. Bartell
Dilys HamlettMrs. Sanford
James CosmoDet. Sgt. Beale
Marianne StoneMatron
Allan CuthbertsonCoroner
Kit TaylorDoctor
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Janet LynnGirl in Library
Patrick JordanSgt. Milton
Anabel LittledaleSusan Miller
Tom ChattoPolice Doctor
Jan ButlinDay Receptionist
William HoylandChemist in Hospital
John SwindellsDesk Sergeant
Jill CareyNight Receptionist
David EssexMan in Chemist Shop
Valerie ShuteGirl in Chemist Shop
John StoneFire Chief
Siobhan QuinlanJenny Greenaway
Patricia DriscollMrs. Hurst (uncredited)
Pat GormanFinal scene pc (uncredited)
Charles RayfordDead Chemist (uncredited)
Renu SetnaDoctor (uncredited)
Reg ThomasonMan in Police Station (uncredited)
Joe WadhamPolice Driver (uncredited)
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