Directed by Freddie Francis Written by Jimmy Sangster   Josephine Tey   Cast Janette Scott ... Eleanor Ashby Oliver Reed ... Simon Ashby Sheila Burrell ... Aunt Harriet Maurice Denham ... John Kossett Alexander Davion ... Tony Ashby Liliane Brousse ... Françoise Harold Lang ... RAF Type Arnold Diamond ... Publican John Bonney ... Keith Kossett John Stuart ... Williams Uncredited Cast Sydney Bromley ... Tramp Laurie Leigh ... Woman #1 Marianne Stone ... Woman #2 Colin Tapley ... Vicar Jack Taylor ... Sailor Produced by Anthony Hinds   Basil Keys   Original Music by Elisabeth Lutyens

Additional Info Premiere: May 15, 1963 DVD Release: September 06, 2005 Blu-ray Release: September 13, 2016 Country: Distributor: Universal Studios Websites: Production Companies Hammer Films (as Hammer Film Production) Distributors Universal Pictures   (1963) (USA) (theatrical) (as Universal-International) MCA/Universal Home Video   (USA) (VHS) MCA/Universal Home Video   (USA) (all media) (laserdisc) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)   (2005) (USA) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.8 / 10 Our Rating 5.0 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 5.0 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #6,521 / 20,698 Ratings Breakdown Average 1 total rating Site Ranking #6,517 Aenigma (1987) #6,518 Karen (2021) #6,519 He-Man And She-Ra: The Secret Of The Sword (1985) #6,520 Emanuelle And The Last Cannibals (1977) #6,521 Paranoiac (1963) #6,522 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998) #6,523 Flash Gordon: Season 1 (2007) #6,524 Alyce Kills (2011) #6,525 Manhattan Baby (1982)