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* UncreditedRole: Creator/RudolphWalker as Mark.
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* NamesTheSame: No relation to Creator/RoaldDahl's novel ''Literature/TheWitches''.
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* SimilarlyNamedWorks: No relation to Creator/RoaldDahl's novel ''Literature/TheWitches''.
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** It also marked the final performance of Martin Stephens, and he retired from films not long after.
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* ActorAllusion: Creator/JoanFontaine escaping an abusive situation to find solace in a teaching job? [[Film/JaneEyre Hmm...]]
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* FakeBrit:
** Mrs Dowsett is played by Irish actress Carmel [=McSharry=].
** Linda Rigg likewise is played by South African model/actress Ingrid Boulting.
** Mrs Dowsett is played by Irish actress Carmel [=McSharry=].
** Linda Rigg likewise is played by South African model/actress Ingrid Boulting.
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** British films based around black magic started popping up right after this one - notably ''Film/TheDevilRidesOut'', ''Film/EyeOfTheDevil'' and of course ''Film/TheWickerMan1973''.
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** British films based around black magic started popping up right after this one - notably ''Film/TheDevilRidesOut'', ''Film/EyeOfTheDevil'' and of course ''Film/TheWickerMan1973''. ''Film/RosemarysBaby'' came out in America just one year later too.
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* StarDerailingRole: Joan Fontaine's career had diminished in the 60s - getting typecast as socialites - and her previous role before this had been a supporting one in ''Tender is the Night''. This film was not a Box Office success and after a couple of TV appearances, Joan retired from acting.
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* StarDerailingRole: RippedFromTheHeadlines: The book was first written after a real life murder of an old man in a rural community - supposedly so his blood would enrich the soil. The same case inspired ''Film/EyeOfTheDevil'' and ''Film/TheWickerMan1973''.
* StarDerailingRole:
** Joan Fontaine's career had diminished in the 60s - getting typecast as socialites - and her previous role before this had been a supporting one in ''Tender is the Night''. This film was not a Box Office success and after a couple of TV appearances, Joan retired fromacting.acting.
** It also marked the final performance of Martin Stephens, and he retired from films not long after.
* StarDerailingRole:
** Joan Fontaine's career had diminished in the 60s - getting typecast as socialites - and her previous role before this had been a supporting one in ''Tender is the Night''. This film was not a Box Office success and after a couple of TV appearances, Joan retired from
** It also marked the final performance of Martin Stephens, and he retired from films not long after.
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* CreatorBacklash: Screenwriter Creator/NigelKneale expressed dissatisfaction with the finished film. He had wanted to poke fun at the idea of an English coven, but the director chose to remove any comic touches and play the film seriously.
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* AwesomeDearBoy: Joan Fontaine was a co-producer and lobbied to play the role of Gwen Mayfield because she was a huge fan of the book the film was based on.
* CreatorBacklash: Screenwriter Creator/NigelKneale expressed dissatisfaction with the finishedfilm. He had wanted film, due to poke fun at the idea of an English coven, but the director chose to remove any comic touches and play the film seriously.GenreShift his script suffered.
* CreatorBacklash: Screenwriter Creator/NigelKneale expressed dissatisfaction with the finished
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The original script poked fun at the idea of a coven of witches in rural England. The production team wanted the film to be completely serious, and removed most of the dark satire.
* FollowTheLeader:
** British films based around black magic started popping up right after this one - notably ''Film/TheDevilRidesOut'', ''Film/EyeOfTheDevil'' and of course ''Film/TheWickerMan1973''.
** The film itself was also following the trend in the 60s of Hollywood's middle-aged leading ladies headlining horror films and thrillers - ''Film/WhatEverHappenedToBabyJane'', ''Film/StraitJacket'', ''Film/HushHushSweetCharlotte'', ''Lady In A Cage''.
* HeyItsThatPlace: Heddaby also appears in ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang''.
* FollowTheLeader:
** British films based around black magic started popping up right after this one - notably ''Film/TheDevilRidesOut'', ''Film/EyeOfTheDevil'' and of course ''Film/TheWickerMan1973''.
** The film itself was also following the trend in the 60s of Hollywood's middle-aged leading ladies headlining horror films and thrillers - ''Film/WhatEverHappenedToBabyJane'', ''Film/StraitJacket'', ''Film/HushHushSweetCharlotte'', ''Lady In A Cage''.
* HeyItsThatPlace: Heddaby also appears in ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang''.
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* WrittenByCastMember: Of a sort. Creator/JoanFontaine bought the rights to the book herself and then brought the project to the attention of Hammer.
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* WrittenByCastMember: Of a sort. Creator/JoanFontaine bought StarDerailingRole: Joan Fontaine's career had diminished in the rights to 60s - getting typecast as socialites - and her previous role before this had been a supporting one in ''Tender is the book herself Night''. This film was not a Box Office success and then brought the project to the attention after a couple of Hammer.TV appearances, Joan retired from acting.
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* NamesTheSame: No relation to Roald Dahl's novel ''Literature/TheWitches''.
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* CreatorBacklash: Screenwriter Creator/NigelKeale expressed dissatisfaction with the finished film. He had wanted to poke fun at the idea of an English coven, but the director chose to remove any comic touches and play the film seriously.
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* CreatorBacklash: Screenwriter Creator/NigelKeale Creator/NigelKneale expressed dissatisfaction with the finished film. He had wanted to poke fun at the idea of an English coven, but the director chose to remove any comic touches and play the film seriously.
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* ActorAllusion: Joan Fontaine escaping an abusive situation to find solace in a teaching job? [[Film/JaneEyre Hmm...]]
* CreatorBacklash: Screenwriter Nigel Keale expressed dissatisfaction with the finished film. He had wanted to poke fun at the idea of an English coven, but the director chose to remove any comic touches and play the film seriously.
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* ActorAllusion: Joan Fontaine Creator/JoanFontaine escaping an abusive situation to find solace in a teaching job? [[Film/JaneEyre Hmm...]]
* CreatorBacklash: ScreenwriterNigel Keale Creator/NigelKeale expressed dissatisfaction with the finished film. He had wanted to poke fun at the idea of an English coven, but the director chose to remove any comic touches and play the film seriously.
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* WrittenByCastMember: Of a sort. Joan Fontaine bought the rights to the book herself and then brought the project to the attention of Hammer.
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* WrittenByCastMember: Of a sort. Joan Fontaine Creator/JoanFontaine bought the rights to the book herself and then brought the project to the attention of Hammer.
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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** [[{{Literature/Rebecca}} The second Mrs De Winter]] is now headmistress of a small town school.
** Stephanie Bax was Nancy in David Lean's version of ''Literature/OliverTwist''. And Dr Wallis was Sowerberry in ''{{Theatre/Oliver}}''.
** [[Film/VillageOfTheDamned1960 David Zellaby]] (or [[Film/TheInnocents Miles]]) should be focusing more on schoolwork and less on girls.
** Valerie played Fantine in the mini-series of ''Literature/LesMiserables''.
** [[{{Literature/Rebecca}} The second Mrs De Winter]] is now headmistress of a small town school.
** Stephanie Bax was Nancy in David Lean's version of ''Literature/OliverTwist''. And Dr Wallis was Sowerberry in ''{{Theatre/Oliver}}''.
** [[Film/VillageOfTheDamned1960 David Zellaby]] (or [[Film/TheInnocents Miles]]) should be focusing more on schoolwork and less on girls.
** Valerie played Fantine in the mini-series of ''Literature/LesMiserables''.
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** [[Film/VillageOfTheDamned David Zellaby]] (or [[Film/TheInnocents Miles]]) should be focusing more on schoolwork and less on girls.
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** [[Film/VillageOfTheDamned [[Film/VillageOfTheDamned1960 David Zellaby]] (or [[Film/TheInnocents Miles]]) should be focusing more on schoolwork and less on girls.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Martin Stephens in the 50s and 60s had made a name playing various {{Creepy Child}}ren. Here he's one of the few non-creepy people in Heddaby.
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* CreatorBacklash: Screenwriter Nigel Keale expressed dissatisfaction with the finished film. He had wanted to poke fun at the idea of an English coven, but the director chose to remove any comic touches and play the film seriously.
* DawsonCasting: Ingrid Boulting was nineteen when she played the fourteen-year-old Linda Rigg. Likewise Martin Stephens was seventeen playing a boy at least two years younger. This is especially noticeable whenever they're in class; they look significantly older than their classmates.
* HeyItsThatGuy:
** [[{{Literature/Rebecca}} The second Mrs De Winter]] is now headmistress of a small town school.
** Stephanie Bax was Nancy in David Lean's version of ''Literature/OliverTwist''. And Dr Wallis was Sowerberry in ''{{Theatre/Oliver}}''.
** [[Film/VillageOfTheDamned David Zellaby]] (or [[Film/TheInnocents Miles]]) should be focusing more on schoolwork and less on girls.
** Ms Mayfield's doctor is [[Film
* MarketBasedTitle: It was released as ''The Devil's Own'' in the US, which was the title of the book it was adapted from.
* NamesTheSame: No relation to Roald Dahl's novel ''Literature/TheWitches''.
* WrittenByCastMember: Of a sort. Joan Fontaine bought the rights to the book herself and then brought the project to the attention of Hammer.
* DawsonCasting: Ingrid Boulting was nineteen when she played the fourteen-year-old Linda Rigg. Likewise Martin Stephens was seventeen playing a boy at least two years younger. This is especially noticeable whenever they're in class; they look significantly older than their classmates.
* HeyItsThatGuy:
** [[{{Literature/Rebecca}} The second Mrs De Winter]] is now headmistress of a small town school.
** Stephanie Bax was Nancy in David Lean's version of ''Literature/OliverTwist''. And Dr Wallis was Sowerberry in ''{{Theatre/Oliver}}''.
** [[Film/VillageOfTheDamned David Zellaby]] (or [[Film/TheInnocents Miles]]) should be focusing more on schoolwork and less on girls.
** Ms Mayfield's doctor is [[Film
* MarketBasedTitle: It was released as ''The Devil's Own'' in the US, which was the title of the book it was adapted from.
* NamesTheSame: No relation to Roald Dahl's novel ''Literature/TheWitches''.
* WrittenByCastMember: Of a sort. Joan Fontaine bought the rights to the book herself and then brought the project to the attention of Hammer.
