Witchfinder General (1968)

Directors

Michael Reeves

Cast

Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies, Hilary Heath, Robert Russell, Patrick Wymark, Nicky Henson, Wilfrid Brambell

The story

In 1645, during the English Civil War, Matthew Hopkins, an opportunistic witch hunter, takes advantage of the breakdown in social order to impose a reign of terror in East Anglia. Hopkins and his assistant, John Stearne, visit various villages to torture confessions out of suspected witches. They charge the local magistrates for the work they carry out.

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