| Raw Meat | |
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| Credits | |
| Title: | Raw Meat |
| Directed by: | Gary Sherman |
| Written by: | Gary Sherman; Ceri Jones |
| Produced by: | Paul Maslansky |
| Music by: | Wil Malone Jeremy Rose |
| Cinematography: | Alex Thomson |
| Edited by: | Geoffrey Foot |
| Production | |
| Distributors: | American International Pictures MGM |
| Released: | October 3rd, 1973 |
| Rating: | Unrated |
| Running time: | 87 min. |
| Country: | UK/USA |
| Language: | English |
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Raw Meat, also known as Death Line, is a British and American co-produced feature film of the psychological thriller genre, with an emphasis on cannibalism. It was directed by Gary Sherman with a screenplay written by Ceri Jones based on an original story by Gary Sherman. The film was produced by Paul Maslansky for American International Pictures and premiered in London, England in December, 1972. It was released in the United States under the title Raw Meat on October 3rd, 1973.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Donald Pleasence | Inspector Calhoun |
| Norman Rossington | Detective Sergeant Rogers |
| David Ladd | Alex Campbell |
| Sharon Gurney | Patricia Wilson |
| Hugh Armstrong | The "Man" |
| June Turner | The "Woman" |
| Clive Swift | Inspector Richardson |
| James Cossins | James Manfred, OBE |
| Heather Stoney | W.P.C. Alice Marshall |
| Hugh Dickson | Doctor Bacon |
| Jack Woolgar | Platform inspector |
| Ron Pember | Lift operator |
| Colin McCormack | Police constable #1 |
| Gary Winkler | Police constable #2 |
| James Culiford | Publican |
| Suzanne Winkler | Prostitute |
| Gerry Crampton | Tunnel worker |
| Terry Plummer | Tunnel worker |
| Gordon Petrie | Tunnel worker |
| Christopher Lee | Stratton-Villiers, MI5 |
Notes & Trivia[]
- © 1972, Harbor Ventures, Inc.
- The original title for this film was Death Line.
- Originally rated X in the UK.
- The tagline for this film is "Beneath modern London lives a tribe of Once Humans. Neither men nor women... they are the raw meat Of the human race!"
- There are a total of twenty credited cast members in this film.
- Raw Meat was released to DVD by MGM on August 26th, 2003. It was released the same day that MGM released Poltergeist III on DVD.
- Actor Terence Plummer is credited as Terry Plummer in this film.
- This is the first film directed by Gary Sherman. His next project is the 1981 movie Dead & Buried.
- This is the first, and to date, only known film work for writer Ceri Jones.
- Future Laid to Rest actress Lena Headey was born in Bermuda on the same day this film premiered in the United States.
- Director of photography Alex Thomson will go on to work on Alien³ in 1992.
- Makeup artist Peter Frampton is not to be confused with the rock and roll musician of the same name.
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