Berserk (1967)


Berserk
Release Date01 September 1967
TaglineThe Screen Screams out at a Hundred Horrors!
GenreHorror, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUK
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassSlasher Film
ThemesSerial Killers, Circuses & Carnivals
TonesCreepy, Disturbing, Lurid
TagsCarnival, Investigation, Investigator, Kill, Murder, Psychopath, Woman

Berserk! is a 1967 British Technicolor thriller film starring Joan Crawford, Ty Hardin, and Judy Geeson in a macabre mother and daughter tale about a circus plagued with murders. The screenplay was written by Herman Cohen and Aben Kandel, and the film directed by Jim O'Connolly. Berserk! marks Crawford's penultimate big-screen appearance.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Monica Rivers

Frank Hawkins

Matilda

Albert Dorando

Angela Rivers

Detective Supt. Brooks

Commissioner Dalby

Sydney Tafler
Harrison Liston

George Claydon
Bruno Fontana

Philip Madoc
Lazlo

Ambrosine Phillpotts
Miss Burrows

Thomas Cimarro
Gaspar

Gustavo

Golda Casimir
Bearded Lady

Ted Lune
Skeleton Man

Milton Reid
Strong Man

Miki Iveria
Gypsy Fortune-Teller

Howard Goorney
Emil

Reginald Marsh
Sgt. Hutchins

Bryan Pringle
Constable Bradford

Herman Cohen
Audience Member

Robert Rowland
Big Top Ticket Holder

Director

Jim O'Connolly
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Producer

Aben Kandel
original story & screenplay

Herman Cohen
producer, original story & screenplay

Robert Sterne
associate producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Desmond Dickinson
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Editor

Raymond Poulton
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Casting Director

Maude Spector
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Art Director

Maurice Pelling
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Costume Designer

Jay Hutchinson Scott
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Makeup Department

George Partleton
makeup artist

Pearl Tipaldi
hair stylist

Production Manager

Laurie Greenwood
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Barry Langley
assistant director

Art Department

Fred Bennett
construction manager

Helen Thomas
set dresser

Sound Department

John Cox
sound supervisor

Mike Le Mare
sound editor

Bert Ross
sound mixer

Camera and Electrical Department

Norman Jones
camera operator

Jim Alloway
focus puller

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Joyce Stoneman
wardrobe

Music Department

conductor

Other Crew

Brian Brockwell
production accountant

Vicki Emery
production secretary

Betty Harley
continuity

Production Company

Herman Cohen Productions
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Distributor

Columbia Pictures

CBS Television

Étoile Distribution

Miscellaneous

Sunset Gower Studios
sound stages






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