''The Hand of Night'' is a 1968 British

horror film Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apoca ...

directed by

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and starring

William Sylvester William Sylvester (January 31, 1922 – January 25, 1995) was an American television and film actor. His most famous film credit was Dr. Heywood Floyd in Stanley Kubrick's '' 2001 A Space Odyssey'' (1968). Life and career William Sylves ...

Diane Clare Diane Clare (born Diane Dirsztay; 8 July 1938 – 21 June 2013) was an English film and television actress. Career Clare started acting at a very young age playing uncredited baby parts in films such as ''The Ghosts of Berkeley Square'' and ' ...

and

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. It is also known by the

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''Beast of Morocco''. Its plot concerns a man who encounters a dangerous woman while searching for his friend, a missing archaeologist, in

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

.John Hamilton, ''The British Independent Horror Film 1951-70'', Hemlock Books, 2013, p. 171-174

Cast

- Paul Carver *

- Chantal *

- Marisa *

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- Gunther *

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- Omar * William Dexter - Leclerc * Sylvia Marriott - Mrs Petty * Avril Sadler - Mrs Carver * Angela Lovell - Air Hostess * Maria Hallowi - Nurse

References

External links

* 1968 films British horror films 1968 horror films Films set in Morocco 1960s English-language films 1960s British films {{1960s-UK-film-stub