The Watcher in the Woods
DirectorsJohn Hough, Vincent McEveety
“It was just an innocent game until a young girl vanished...for thirty years.”
After an American family moves to an old country manor in rural England, one of the daughters is tormented by the spirit of the owner's long lost daughter, who mysteriously disappeared 30 years ago during a solar eclipse.
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Cast
Bette Davis
Mrs. Aylwood
Lynn-Holly Johnson
Jan Curtis
Kyle Richards
Ellie Curtis
Carroll Baker
Helen Curtis
David McCallum
Paul Curtis
Benedict Taylor
Mike Fleming
Frances Cuka
Mary Fleming
Richard Pasco
Tom Colley
Ian Bannen
John Keller
Katharine Levy
Karen Aylwood
Eleanor Summerfield
Mrs. Thayer
Georgina Hale
Young Mrs. Aylwood
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