Directed by:
Freddie FrancisScreenplay:
Milton SubotskyCinematography:
John WilcoxComposer:
Elisabeth LutyensCast:
Peter Cushing, Jill Bennett, Nigel Green, Patrick Magee, Michael Gough, George Coulouris, Christopher Lee, Anna Palk, Patrick Wymark, George Hilsdon (more)Plots(1)
Peter Cushing stars as Dr. Christopher Maitland, a writer and collector of occult items (with a preference for those with a somewhat macabre history), who is offered the chance to purchase a highly expensive and unusual item the skull of the Marquis de Sade. Warned against obtaining the item by fellow collector (Christopher Lee), the skull s influence draws Maitland in, madness and death soon follow... (Eureka Entertainment)
(more)Cast
![Peter Cushing](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/145/163145288_a8babb.jpg)
Peter Cushing
UK
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Hamlet (1948)
Moulin Rouge (1952)
![Jill Bennett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312459_074fb8.jpg)
Jill Bennett
Malaysia
Best movies:
Lust for Life (1956)
Lady Jane (1986)
Moulin Rouge (1952)
![Nigel Green](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/537/162537257_7da003.jpg)
Nigel Green
South Africa
Best movies:
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
The League of Gentlemen (1960)
![Patrick Magee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/824/160824455_e89989.jpg)
Patrick Magee
UK
Best movies:
Barry Lyndon (1975)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Cromwell (1970)
![Michael Gough](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273017_6e4263.jpg)
Michael Gough
Malaysia
Best movies:
Corpse Bride (2005)
Out of Africa (1985)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
![George Coulouris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/488/488834_c9c89f.jpg)
George Coulouris
UK
Best movies:
Papillon (1973)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Citizen Kane (1941)
![Christopher Lee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267405_f0cfe9.jpg)
Christopher Lee
UK
Best movies:
![Anna Palk](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/375/161375821_5935de.jpg)
Anna Palk
UK
Best movies:
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
The Skull (1965)
Tower of Evil (1972)
![Patrick Wymark](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/398/161398650_b98ac0.jpg)
Patrick Wymark
UK
Best movies:
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Battle of Britain (1969)
Cromwell (1970)
![George Hilsdon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/442/161442852_45443f.jpg)
George Hilsdon
UK
Best movies:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
The One That Got Away (1957)
Press for Time (1966)
![Frank Forsyth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/475/161475645_87656f.jpg)
Frank Forsyth
UK
Best movies:
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Love Among the Ruins (1975) (TV movie)
The Psychopath (1966)
![Maurice Good](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/566/161566045_fea634.jpg)
Maurice Good
Ireland
Best movies:
Murder Most Foul (1964)
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
The Skull (1965)
April Olrich
Tanzania
Best movies:
Room at the Top (1959)
The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
The Skull (1965)
Peter Woodthorpe
UK
Best movies:
A Christmas Carol (1984) (TV movie)
Eleni (1985)
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
Geoffrey Cheshire
UK
Best movies:
The Thief of Baghdad (1978) (TV movie)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
The Skull (1965)