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A Warning to the Curious (1972)

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Film details

Featuring

Peter Vaughan Clive Swift Julian Herington
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1972
Type

Television
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

An amateur archaeologist visits the remote Norfolk coast to search for a buried Saxon crown. Legend has it that three crowns were placed in the ground to protect the country from Viking invasion. Only one remains. Should anyone try to take it, they will have to reckon with the ghost who guards the crowns.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Mr Paxton
    
    Peter Vaughan
  - Dr Black
    
    Clive Swift
  - archaeologist
    
    Julian Herington
  - William Ager/ghost
    
    John Kearney
  - boots
    
    David Cargill
  - vicar
    
    George Benson
  - antique shop owner
    
    Roger Milner
  - girl at cottage
    
    Gilly Fraser
  - station porter
    
    David Pugh
  - labourer
    
    Cyril Appleton
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Producer
    
    Lawrence Gordon Clark
  - Production Company
    
    BBC
  - Adapted by
    
    Lawrence Gordon Clark
  - [Story] by
    
    M.R. James
  - Camera
    
    John McGlashan
  - Designer
    
    Geoffrey Winslow
  - Sound
    
    Manton, Dick

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