Drama / Mystery
USA / UK,
1977, 137 min
Directed by:
Sidney LumetCinematography:
Oswald MorrisComposer:
Richard Rodney BennettCast:
Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Colin Blakely, Joan Plowright, Harry Andrews, Eileen Atkins, Jenny Agutter, Ken James, John Wyman, Brook Williams, Kate Reid (more)Plots(1)
What would drive Alan Strang (Peter Firth), a troubled adolescent stable boy, to blind six horses with a metal spike? Psychiatrist Martin Dysart (Burton) investigates these unspeakable acts and delves deep into Alan's psyche, confronting the mysteries of sexual passion and madness as well as the dark demons buried within his own soul. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Richard Burton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/324/164324326_7daee6.jpg)
Richard Burton
UK
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
![Peter Firth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/218/162218503_f0f40c.jpg)
Peter Firth
UK
Best movies:
Hawking (2004) (TV movie)
The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
![Colin Blakely](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/093/886/93886016_61beff.jpg)
Colin Blakely
UK
Best movies:
The Password is Courage (1962)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
King Lear (1983) (TV movie)
![Joan Plowright](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269467_ec631f.jpg)
Joan Plowright
UK
Best movies:
Drowning by Numbers (1988)
Moby Dick (1956)
Dinosaur (2000)
![Harry Andrews](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/653/164653269_647743.jpg)
Harry Andrews
UK
Best movies:
The Hill (1965)
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
![Eileen Atkins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/205/163205153_f4d0a3.jpg)
Eileen Atkins
UK
Best movies:
Cold Mountain (2003)
Wit (2001) (TV movie)
The Hours (2002)
![Jenny Agutter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/469/162469969_7a250d.jpg)
Jenny Agutter
UK
Best movies:
The Avengers (2012)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Irina Palm (2006)
Ken James
Best movies:
Cinderella Man (2005)
Flowers for Algernon (2000) (TV movie)
Equus (1977)
John Wyman
Best movies:
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Equus (1977)
Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
![Brook Williams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/610/161610327_d0ed9a.gif)
Brook Williams
UK
Best movies:
The Medusa Touch (1978)
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
![Kate Reid](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/337/163337560_9c8892.jpg)
Kate Reid
UK
Best movies:
Death of a Salesman (1985) (TV movie)
Murder in the Heartland (1993) (TV movie)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Elva Mai Hoover
Best movies:
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006) - a.f.
Equus (1977)
Class of 1984 (1982)
Mark Parr
Best movies:
Equus (1977)
The Search for Santa Paws (2010)
Back in Action (1994)