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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Black Carrion
1984 1h 10m EN
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7.5
BANGER
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6
IMDB
★7.5TMDB · 2★6IMDB · 270
HorrorMysteryThriller
Synopsis
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Two journalists search for a rock band that was popular 20 years ago but just seemed to have vanished and was never heard from again. Their investigation leads them to discover more about the band than they bargained for.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Season Hubley
Cora Berlaine
Leigh Lawson
Paul Taylor
Norman Bird
Henry Bircher
Allan Love
Ray Verne
Diana King
Madge Bircher
Julian Littman
ron verne
William Hootkins
Lou Delmart
Christopher Ellison
Sergeant Drury
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- John Hough
- Writers
- Don Houghton
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
John Hough directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 242 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Season Hubley and Leigh Lawson and Norman Bird carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0086970 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 70 min · 1h 10m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- IMDB rating
- 6/10 · 270 votes
Also by
John Hough
Production companies
Who made it
Hammer Film Productions
GB
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- TV1984-11-12· ITV
