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RUNTIME
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Tight 55-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
The Hospice
1987 0h 55m EN
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7.0
SOLID
★7.0TMDB · 2
HorrorTV Movie
Synopsis
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When he loses his way on a country road and is bitten by an animal, Maybury stumbles across a strange house where an extravagant dinner is taking place.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Jack Shepherd
Maybury
Alan Dobie
Falkner
Marthe Keller
Cecile
Jonathan Cecil
Bannard
Gordon Warnecke
Vincent
Joy Roston
Mulligan
Ian Longmuir
Cromie
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Dominique Othenin-Girard
- Writers
- Robert Aickman, Robert Smith
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Dominique Othenin-Girard directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 55-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 239 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Jack Shepherd and Alan Dobie and Marthe Keller carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0353539 — 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
- 55 min · 0h 55m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Dominique Othenin-Girard
Production companies
Who made it
HTV West
GB
Key crew
- Original StoryRobert Aickman
- MusicBenedikt Jeger
Release history · US
When it landed
- TV1987-01-01
