"Flesh to touch...Flesh to burn! Don't keep the Wicker Man waiting!"

1973

1h 33m

7.3(1512 votes)

Horror

Overview

Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. Stranger still, however, are the rituals that take place there.

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47 members

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Edward Woodward

Sergeant Neil Howie

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Christopher Lee

Lord Summerisle

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Britt Ekland

Willow MacGreagor

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Diane Cilento

Miss Rose

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Ingrid Pitt

Librarian

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Roy Boyd

Broome

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Lesley Mackie

Daisy

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Walter Carr

School Master

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Irene Sunters

May Morrison

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Lindsay Kemp

Alder MacGreagor

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Ian Campbell

Oak

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Kevin Collins

Old Fisherman

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Aubrey Morris

Old Gardener / Gravedigger

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Russell Waters

Harbour Master

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Donald Eccles

T.H. Lennox

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Gerry Cowper

Rowan Morrison

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Leslie Blackater

Hairdresser

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Sound

Peter Brewis

Musician

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Barbara Rafferty

Woman with Baby

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Juliet Cadzow

Villager

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Ross Campbell

Communicant

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Penny Cluer

Gillie

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Michael Cole

Musician

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Ian Cutler

Musician

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Myra Forsyth

Mrs Grimmond

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John Hallam

McTaggert

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Alison Hughes

Fiancée to Howie

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Charles Kearney

Butcher

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Fiona Kennedy

Holly

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John McGregor

Baker

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Jimmy Mackenzie

Briar

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Jennifer Martin

Myrtle Morrison

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Bernard Murray

Musician

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Helen Norman

Villager

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Lorraine Peters

Girl on Grave

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Tony Roper

Postman

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John Sharp

Doctor Ewan

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Elizabeth Sinclair

Villager

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Andrew Tompkins

Musician

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Ian Wilson

Communicant

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Richard Wren

Ash Buchanan

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John Young

Fishmonger

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Robin Hardy

Minister (uncredited)

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Muriel Greenslade

Old Woman in Library (uncredited)

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Annie Ross

Willow MacGreagor (voice) (uncredited)

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George Oliver

Parishioner (uncredited)

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Fred Wood

Parishioner (Singing Hymn In Church) (uncredited)

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