The Beast in the Cellar

Two spinsters have kept their mad brother locked up in their cellar for 30 years. Then he escapes ...

Cast

Beryl Reid

as Ellie Ballantyne

Flora Robson

as Joyce Ballantyne

John Hamill

as Alan Marlow

Tessa Wyatt

as Nurse Sutherland

T. P. McKenna

as Det. Chief Sup. Paddick

Vernon Dobtcheff

as Newsmith

John Kelland

as Sgt. Young

David Dodimead

as Dr. Spencer

Christopher Chittell

as Baker

Peter Craze

as Roy

Reviews

John Chard

The negative of this film should have been confined to the cellar! Two batty old ladies have a secret in their cellar, a secret which may need to be revealed when murders start occurring around the countryside. And why are soldiers being particularly targeted? Two great British actresses in Be...

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