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RUNTIME
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Tight 75-minute runtime β shorter than most television pilots.
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Tennis Court
1984 1h 15m EN
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MASTERPIECE
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9.0TMDB Β· 2
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Synopsis
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Maggie and Harry Dowl arrive in England to inspect a house left to Maggie. The house has a dilapidated tennis court, but this seems to have some force which takes over the daughter of the local holy man, as well as causing tennis balls to gush blood and kill people with animated nets.
βSome stories are better left unspoiled.β
Cast
Peter Graves
Vicar John Bray
Hannah Gordon
Maggie Dowd
Jonathan Newth
Harry Dowd
Cyril Shaps
Dr. Magnusson
Ralph Arliss
Redmond Maryott
Isla Blair
Eileen
George Little
Inspector Eldridge
Marcus Gilbert
Young John Bray
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Cyril Frankel
- Writers
- Andrew Sinclair, Michael Hastings
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Cyril Frankel directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 75-minute runtime β shorter than most television pilots.
- 242 years old β old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list β fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Peter Graves and Hannah Gordon and Jonathan Newth carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0088244 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 2 TMDB ratings β you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 75 min Β· 1h 15m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Cyril Frankel
Production companies
Who made it
Hammer Film Productions
GB
Key crew
Release history Β· US
When it landed
- TV1984-12-17
