Directed by:
Freddie FrancisScreenplay:
Milton SubotskyCinematography:
Norman WarwickComposer:
Douglas GamleyCast:
Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Roy Dotrice, Richard Greene, Ian Hendry, Patrick Magee, Barbara Murray, Ralph Richardson, Robert Hutton, John Louis Mansi (more)Plots(1)
Five strangers go with a tourist group to view old caves. Separated from the main group, they find themselves in a room with the mysterious Crypt Keeper, who details how each of the strangers will die.
And All Through the House - After Joanne Clayton (Joan Collins) kills her husband on Christmas Eve, she prepares to hide his body but hears a radio announcement stating that a homicidal maniac (Oliver MacGreevy) is on the loose.
Reflection of Death - Carl Maitland (Ian Hendry) abandons his family to be with Susan Blake (Angela Grant). After they drive off together, they are involved in a car accident. He wakes up in the wrecked car and attempts to hitchhike home but, no one will stop for him.
Poetic Justice - Edward Elliott (David Markham) and his son James (Robin Phillips) are a snobbish pair who resent their neighbour, retired garbage man Arthur Grymsdyke (Peter Cushing) who owns a number of animals and entertains children at his house.
Wish You Were Here - Businessman Ralph Jason (Richard Greene) is close to financial ruin. His wife Enid (Barbara Murray) discovers a Chinese figurine and wishes for a fortune.
Blind Alleys - Major William Rogers (Nigel Patrick), the new director of a home for the blind, makes drastic financial cuts, reducing heat and rationing food for the residents, while he lives in luxury with Shane, his Belgian Malinois.
(Final Cut Entertainment)
Cast
![Bart Allison](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/391/161391702_fb6273.jpg)
Bart Allison
UK
Best movies:
O Lucky Man! (1973)
A Night to Remember (1958)
No Sex Please: We're British (1973)
![Oliver Macgreevy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/395/161395342_627f50.jpg)
Oliver Macgreevy
Ireland
Best movies:
The Four Musketeers (1974)
The Ipcress File (1965)
The Leather Boys (1964)
![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)
Fred Wood
UK
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Gandhi (1982)
![Harry Locke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/540/161540186_0151e7.jpg)
Harry Locke
UK
Best movies:
The Early Bird (1965)
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
![John Barrad](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/558/161558799_4214e1.jpg)
John Barrad
UK
Best movies:
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
War and Remembrance (1988) (series)
Oliver Twist (1982) (TV movie)
![Edward Evans](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/566/161566457_1a0083.jpg)
Edward Evans
UK
Best movies:
10 Rillington Place (1971)
Secret People (1952)
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Graham Tonbridge
Best movies:
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Hugo De Vernier
UK
Best movies:
From Russia with Love (1963)
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Hot Millions (1968)
Manning Wilson
UK
Best movies:
Joanna (1968)
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Pope Joan (1972)
Clifford Earl
UK
Best movies:
A Stitch in Time (1963)
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Carl Bernard
UK
Best movies:
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Pope Joan (1972)
Jane Eyre (1970) (TV movie)
Peter Fraser
Best movies:
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Carry On Cleo (1964)
David Markham
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
Day for Night (1973)
Family Life (1970)
Ernest C. Jennings
UK
Best movies:
Brief Encounter (1974) (TV movie)
The Hireling (1973)
Tales from the Crypt (1972)