

Equus
1977-10-16 · 137 min · ★ 7.0
A psychiatrist, Martin Dysart, investigates the savage blinding of six horses with a metal spike in a stable in Hampshire, England. The atrocity was committed by an unassuming seventeen-year-old stable boy named Alan Strang, the only son of an opinionated but inwardly-timid father and a genteel, religious mother. As Dysart exposes the truths behind the boy's demons, he finds himself face-to-face with his own.
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- Directors
- Sidney Lumet
- Production companies
- United Artists, Persky-Bright Productions, Winkast Film Productions
- Countries
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Richard BurtonMartin Dysart
Peter FirthAlan Strang
Joan PlowrightDora Strang
Harry AndrewsHarry Dalton
Colin BlakelyFrank Strang
Eileen AtkinsHesther Saloman
Jenny AgutterJill Mason
Kate ReidMargaret Dysart
John WymanHorseman
Elva Mai HooverMiss Raintree
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