Murrain

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Murrain

1975

0h 55m

7.5(4 votes)

Drama

Horror

Mystery

TV Movie

Overview

When a mystery illness infects the pigs of a village farmer and a local boy is also taken ill, the villagers try to convince a veterinarian that it is caused by a curse from a woman they believe to be a witch.

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9 featured cast members

Starring

David Simeon

Alan Crich

Bernard Lee

Beeley

Una Brandon-Jones

Mrs. Clemson

David Neal

Leach

Marjorie Yates

Mrs. Leach

John Golightly

Coker

Raymond Platt

Tom Start

Ray Dunbobbin

Jimmy

Philip Gilman

Leach's Son

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Directed by: John Cooper
Written by: Nigel Kneale
Produced by: Nicholas Palmer

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