• Home
  • Movies

Witchfinder General (1968)

Average Score: 6.488 (rated by 244 viewers)

Overview

England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the country causes an era of chaos and legal arbitrariness that allows unscrupulous men to profit by exploiting the absurd superstitions of the peasants; like Matthew Hopkins, a monster disguised as a man who wanders from town to town offering his services as a witch hunter.

Genres

Drama, History, Horror

Additional info

CastReview
  • Vincent Price

    Matthew Hopkins

  • Ian Ogilvy

    Richard Marshall

  • Robert Russell

    John Stearne

  • Nicky Henson

    Swallow

  • Hilary Dwyer

    Sara

  • Rupert Davies

    John Lowes

  • Patrick Wymark

    Cromwell

  • Wilfrid Brambell

    Master Loach

  • Tony Selby

    Salter

  • Michael Beint

    Captain Gordon

  • Bernard Kay

    Fisherman

  • Beaufoy Milton

    Priest

  • John Trenaman

    Harcourt

  • Bill Maxwell

    Gifford

  • Peter Thomas

    Farrier

  • Maggie Kimberly

    Elizabeth

  • Dennis Thorne

    Villager #1

  • Anne Tirard

    Old Woman

  • Gillian Aldam

    Young Woman in Cell

  • Hira Talfrey

    Hanged Woman

  • Jack Lynn

    Brandeston Innkeeper

  • Michael Segal

    Villager #2

  • David Webb

    Jailer

  • Sally Douglas

    Girl at Inn #2

  • Edward Palmer

    Shepherd

  • Lee Peters

    Sergeant

  • Peter Haigh

    Lavenham Magistrate

  • Godfrey James

    Webb

  • Margaret Nolan

    Girl at Inn #1

  • Philip Waddilove

    Soldier

  • Toby Lennon

    Old Man

  • Morris Jar

    Paul

  • David Lyell

    Footsoldier

  • Alf Joint

    Sentry

  • Martin Terry

    Hoxne Innkeeper

  • Derek Ware

  • John Kidd

  • Susi Field

  • Donna Reading

    Girl at Inn #3