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Quick Info

Rating

6.5/10

Release1968

Runtime1h 27m

StatusReleased

Budget$83,000

Revenue$1,500,000

Production

Tigon British Film Productions

Movie

Witchfinder General

1968

1h 27m

6.5

Drama

History

Horror

Synopsis

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.

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