The Medusa Touch (1978)
- Starring:
- Richard Burton, Lino Ventura, (more)
- Director(s):
- Jack Gold
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
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Synopsis of The Medusa Touch
In The Medusa Touch Brunel (Lino Ventura), a French detective on temporary assignment with Scotland Yard, investigates a mysterious series of disasters. The uncanny events begin happening shortly after writer John Morlar (Richard Burton) was hit over the head by an unknown intruder and rendered comatose. Slowly, Brunel begins to connect the strange things that are happening in the world with the deranged dreams of the comatose Morlar. He gets the final clue he needs from Morlar's reluctant psychiatrist, Dr. Zonfield (Lee Remick), who holds the key to Morlar's past. Once it is discovered that Morlar has the ability to think horrible thoughts and make them come true, Brunel and Zonfield must take off with dispatch to a London cathedral, where the Queen is scheduled to make an appearance -- but Morlar is thinking about the cathedral, and it is crumbling fast. Well-liked in Britain, this movie did not do well in the U.S. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Medusa Touch
- Richard Burton - John Morlar
- Lee Remick - Dr. Zonfield
- Marie-Christine Barrault - Patricia Morlar
- Gordon Jackson - Dr.Johnson
- Michael Byrne - Duff
- Robert Lang - Pennington
- Frances Tomelty - Nanny
- Colin Rix - Engineer
- Maurice O'Connell - Sgt. Robbins
- Ian Marter - Detective in Street
- George Innes - Van Driver
- Victor Winding - Senior Police Officer
- Avril Elgar - Mrs. Pennington
- Stanley Lebor - Police Doctor
- Brook Williams - Male Nurse
- Alan Badel - Barrister
- Robert Flemyng - Judge McKinley
- Joseph Clark - 14 Year Old Morlar
- Lino Ventura - Insp. Brunel
- Harry Andrews - Assistant Commissioner
- Michael Hordern - Atropos, the Fortune Teller
- Derek Jacobi - Townley, the Publisher
- Jeremy Brett - Edward Parrish
- Denise Alexander - Hospital Doctor
- Philip Stone - Dean
- Earl Rhodes - Parson
- John Normington - Schoolmaster
- Jennifer Jayne - Mother
- Mark Jones - Sgt. Hughes
- Wendy Gifford - Receptionist
- Matthew Long - Copilot
- Malcolm Tierney - Deacon
- Gordon Honeycombe - TV Newscaster
- John Flanagan - Police Constable
- James Hazeldine - Lovelass
- Norman Bird - Father
- Director(s):
- Jack Gold
- Writer(s):
- Jack Gold, John Briley
- Producer(s):
- Lew Grade, Arnon Milchan, Elliott Kastner
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Violence, Questionable for Children, Adult Language)
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