Journey to the Unknown (film)
| Journey to the Unknown | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Robert Heverley Alfred Shaughnessy |
| Directed by | Michael Lindsay-Hogg Don Chaffey |
| Presented by | Joan Crawford |
| Starring | Vera Miles Patty Duke |
| Music by | Norman Kay David Lindup |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Joan Harrison Norman Lloyd |
| Producer | Anthony Hinds |
| Cinematography | Arthur Lavis Ken Talbot |
| Editor | Inman Hunter |
| Running time | 106 minutes |
| Production company | Hammer Film Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Syndication |
| Release | 15 June 1970 |
Journey to the Unknown is a 1970 British made-for-television horror-thriller anthology film starring Vera Miles and Patty Duke, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg and Don Chaffey, derived from two episodes of the 1968–69 television series, Journey to the Unknown. Joan Crawford is featured as hostess in a library setting who introduces the two segments: "Matakitas is Coming" and "The Last Visitor".
Segments
"Matakitas is Coming"
- Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg
- Written by Robert Heverley
June Wiley (Vera Miles) is a criminologist doing research on a dead 1920s serial killer named Matakitas (Leon Lissek) who finds herself alone and trapped in the library where 41 years earlier he killed the librarian.[1]
"The Last Visitor"
- Directed by Don Chaffey
- Written by Alfred Shaughnessy
Barbara King (Patty Duke) is a young woman on holiday at a seaside resort hotel who is stalked by a mysterious prowler which the proprietress of the resort, Mrs. Walker (Kay Walsh), informs her is her estranged, psychotic husband.[2]
Cast (by segment)
- "Matakitas is Coming"
- Vera Miles as June Wiley
- Leon Lissek as Andros Matakitas
- Gay Hamilton as Sylvia Ann
- Lyn Pinkney as Tracy
- Dermot Walsh as Ken
- John Junkin as Robert
- "The Last Visitor"
- Patty Duke as Barbara King
- Kay Walsh as Mrs. Walker
- Geoffrey Bayldon as Mr. Plimmer
- Joan Newell as Mrs. Plimmer
- Blake Butler as Butler
- John Bailey as Mitchell
- Michael Craze as Fred
- Sally James as Peggy
References
External links
- Journey to the Unknown at IMDb
- Journey to the Unknown at AllMovie
- Joan Crawford segment introductions at YouTube
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