Paranoiac (1963)

Paranoiac

Credits
Title:	Paranoiac
Directed by:	Freddie Francis
Written by:	Jimmy Sangster
Produced by:	Anthony Hinds
Music by:	Elisabeth Lutyens
Cinematography:	Arthur Grant
Edited by:	Bernard Robinson
Production
Distributors:	Hammer Film Productions
Released:	May 15th, 1963 (US) January 26th, 1964 (UK)
Running time:	80 min.
Country:	US/UK
Language:	English
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Paranoiac is a British horror film of the psycho-thriller genre. It was directed by Freddie Francis with a script written by Jimmy Sangster. It was produced by Anthony Hinds for Hammer Film Productions and premiered in the United States on May 15th, 1963. It was released in the United Kingdom on January 26th, 1964.

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Cast[]

Actor

Role

Janette Scott

Eleanor Ashby

Oliver Reed

Simon Ashby

Sheila Burrell

Aunt Harriet

Maurice Denham

John Kossett

Alexander Davion

Tony Ashby

Liliane Brousse

Françoise

Harold Lang

RAF type

John Bonney

Keith Kossett

John Stuart

Williams

Sydney Bromley

Tramp

Laurie Leigh

Woman #1

Marianne Stone

Woman #2

Colin Tapley

Vicar

Jack Taylor

Sailor

Notes & Trivia[]

This film is included on disc one, side B of the Hammer Horror Series DVD collection.

Based on the novel Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey.

Filmed at the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England.

The tagline for this film is, "When it comes to love or murder ... there's no one as dangerous ... as the ... Paranoiac!"

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Hammer Horror
This article relates to the films produced under the "Hammer Horror" banner of Hammer Film Productions. This template will categorize articles that include it into the Hammer Film Productions category.

Dracula

Dracula (1958) • Brides of Dracula (1960) • Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) • Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) • Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) • Scars of Dracula (1970) • Dracula 1972 A.D. (1972) • The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) • Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)

Frankenstein

Curse of Frankenstein (1957) • Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) • Evil of Frankenstein (1964) • Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) • Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) • Horror of Frankenstein (1970) • Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)

The Mummy

The Mummy (1959) • Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964) • Mummy's Shroud, The (1967) • Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971)

Others

X the Unknown (1956) • The Abominable Snowman (1957) • The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) • Curse of the Werewolf (1961) • Scream of Fear (1961) • Phantom of the Opera (1962) • Kiss of the Vampire (1963) • Paranoiac (1963) • Nightmare (1964) • The Old Dark House (1963) • The Gorgon (1964) • Plague of the Zombies (1966) • The Reptile (1966) • The Devil Rides Out (1968) • The Vampire Lovers (1970) • Lust for a Vampire (1971) • Hands of the Ripper (1971) • Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971) • Countess Dracula (1971) • Twins of Evil (1972) • Demons of the Mind (1972) • Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974) • To the Devil a Daughter (1976)