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    It! (1967)

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    This macabre thriller is based on characters created in the classic 1920 German horror film The Golem. Director Herbert J. Leder wanted the film to have the style and characteristics of the Hammer horror films that were popular during the ’60s and directed the camera work and audio effects accordingly.

    it1966Roddy McDowall, soon to become world-famous as the star of the Planet of the Apes franchise, features here as Arthur Pimm, an introspective young man who works at a London museum.

    One night, Pimm steals the famous Star of the Nile diamond from the museum to lend to his mother with whom he lives.

    His mother, however, is dead – and has been for some time . . .

    After one of their storehouses burns down, museum director Grove (Ernest Clark) and his assistant Pimm find everything destroyed except for one statue which mysteriously withstood the fire undamaged.

    It transpires the cursed statue was created by Rabbi Loew in the 16th century and will withstand every human attempt to destroy it. Pimm decides to use it to his own advantage and everyone is in for a frightening time.

    Although shot in colour, US theatrical release prints were in black and white.

    Arthur Pimm
    Roddy McDowall
    Ellen Grove
    Jill Haworth
    Jim Perkins
    Paul Maxwell
    Professor Weal
    Aubrey Richards
    Harold Grove
    Ernest Clark
    Curator Trimingham
    Oliver Johnston
    Inspector White
    Noel Trevarthen
    Detective Wayne
    Ian McCulloch
    Old Rabbi
    Richard Goolden
    Miss Swanson
    Dorothy Frere
    Young Captain
    Tom Chatto
    Ellis
    Steve Kirby
    Boss
    Russell Napier
    Museum Guard
    Brian Haines
    Museum Guard
    John Baker
    The Golem
    Alan Sellers

    Director
    Herbert J. Leder

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