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The Medusa Touch

The Medusa Touch

6,8 /10 (202 Votes)
1978 EN 109 min

Overview

A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries with the help of journals and a psychiatrist. He realises that the man had powerful telekinetic abilities.

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Release date

13/04/1978

Votes

202

Popularity

2.0

Richard Burton is the man with the medusa touch... he has the power to create catastrophe.

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

109 min

Richard Burton

Richard Burton

John Morlar

Lino Ventura

Lino Ventura

Brunel

Lee Remick

Lee Remick

Doctor Zonfeld

Harry Andrews

Harry Andrews

Assistant Commissioner

Alan Badel

Alan Badel

Barrister

Marie-Christine Barrault

Marie-Christine Barrault

Patricia

Jeremy Brett

Jeremy Brett

Edward Parrish

Michael Hordern

Michael Hordern

Atropos - Fortune Teller

Gordon Jackson

Gordon Jackson

Doctor Johnson

Michael Byrne

Michael Byrne

Duff

Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi

Townley - Publisher

Malcolm Tierney

Malcolm Tierney

Deacon

Philip Stone

Philip Stone

Dean

Robert Lang

Robert Lang

Pennington

Avril Elgar

Avril Elgar

Mrs. Pennington

James Hazeldine

James Hazeldine

Lovelass

John Normington

John Normington

Mr. Copley

Robert Flemyng

Robert Flemyng

Judge McKinley

Norman Bird

Norman Bird

Major Henry Morlar

Jennifer Jayne

Jennifer Jayne

Mrs. Morlar

Frances Tomelty

Frances Tomelty

Nanny

George Innes

George Innes

Van Driver

Ian Marter

Ian Marter

Detective

Brook Williams

Brook Williams

Male Nurse

No photo

Wendy Gifford

Receptionist

No photo

Shaw Taylor

TV Space Reporter

No photo

Gordon Honeycombe

TV Newscaster

Mark Jones

Mark Jones

Sgt. Hughes

Maurice O'Connell

Maurice O'Connell

Sgt. Robbins

Victor Winding

Victor Winding

Senior Police Officer

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Anthony Blackett

Mounted Police Officer

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Denyse Alexander

Hospital Doctor

John Flanagan

John Flanagan

Police Constable

Stanley Lebor

Stanley Lebor

Police Doctor

No photo

Cornelius Bowe

Young Morlar

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Adam Bridges

10-Year-Old Morlar

No photo

Joseph Clark

14-Year-Old Morlar

No photo

Earl Rhodes

Parsons

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Christopher Burgess

Pilot

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Matthew Long

Co-Pilot

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Colin Rix

Engineer

No photo

Malcolm Brownjohn

Man in Court Scene (uncredited)

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Jeremy Coote

Policeman at Cathedral (uncredited)

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Marc Furstenberg

Policeman (uncredited)

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Clifford Harker

Organist (uncredited)

Guy Standeven

Guy Standeven

Teacher (uncredited)

David de Keyser

David de Keyser

Brunel (voice) (uncredited)

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Wuchak

Wuchak

2022-04-05

⭐ 6

_**Beware the ‘deathlook’ of Richard Burton**_ A writer in London is convinced he has the power to cause destruction at will (Richard Burton) and it’s driving him mad. Lee Remick plays his psychiatrist while Lino Ventura is on hand as a Scotland Yard detective. "The Medusa Touch" (1978) is a slow burn psychological thriller/horror that takes the psychokinesis element of “Carrie” but throws in the mass disaster angle of the later “The Mothman Prophecies” (2002). Other films covering this kind of mind power include "Powder" (1995), "Phenomenon" (1996) and “Youth Without Youth” (2007) wit…

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2023-06-04

⭐ 7

Though top billed in this, Richard Burton features but sparingly as a man with a tortured past. His recollections to his psychiatrist "Dr. Zonfeld" (Lee Remick) are relayed to police inspector "Brunel" (Lino Ventura) after he ("Morlar") is found savagely beaten at his London flat. As the investigation expands, it is clear that the normal rules do not apply here. "Morlar" shouldn't even be alive, yet his brain activity coupled with a spate of accidents and with the ever more revealing - but sensational - revelations about his disaster-prone past lead "Brunel" and the Assistant Commissioner (Har…

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