

Casting the Runes
1979-04-24 · 49 min · ★ 7.0
The producer of an investigative television programme which is critical of an occultist finds out that he has a curse put on her.
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- Directors
- Lawrence Gordon Clark
- Production companies
- Yorkshire Television, Associated-Rediffusion Television
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Iain CuthbertsonJulian Carswell
Jan FrancisPrudence Dunning
Bernard GallagherDerek Gayton
Joanna DunhamJean Gayton
Edward PetherbridgeHenry Harrington
Christopher GoodJohn Harrington
David CalderJohn Marriott
Jane LoweJoanna
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