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5.9/10   77 votes
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Writers:
John Bingham (novel)
Paul Dehn (writer)
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Release Date:
September 1971 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Mystery | Drama more
Tagline:
A phantasmagoria of fright! more
Plot:
Reformed drug addict travels to Italy to find out who murdered his aunt. full summary | add synopsis
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User Reviews:
scream, flute, scream!!! more (6 total)

Cast

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David Hemmings ... Tim Brett
Gayle Hunnicutt ... Juliet Bristow
Wilfrid Hyde-White ... Mr. Copsey
Flora Robson ... Lucy Dawson
Adolfo Celi ... Signor Bardoni
Roland Culver ... Mr. Vellacot
Daniel Massey ... Maj. Ricketts
Mona Washbourne ... Mrs. Gray
Arthur Lowe ... Mr. Nugent
Yootha Joyce ... Miss Ward-Cadbury
Derek Newark ... Sgt. Matthews
Patricia Hayes ... Mrs. Baird
Mary Wimbush ... Bunface
Philip Stone ... CID Sergeant
Glynn Edwards ... CID Superintendent
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Freelance
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Runtime:
94 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Iceland:12 | Finland:K-16 | USA:GP (original rating) | USA:PG | UK:AA (original rating) | UK:15 (video rating)
Filming Locations:
London, England, UK more
Company:
Columbia Pictures Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
During production on British Rail's Waterloo & City tube line, a train ran into the buffer stops at the end of the line at Bank station. David Hemmings, Gayle Hunnicutt, and 10 extras suffered minor injuries. more
Quotes:
Tim Brett: Either I am mad and all this isn't happening to me, or else I'm sane and it is. more

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scream, flute, scream!!!, 17 April 2008
5/10
Author: jonathan-577 from Canada

This British - very British - thriller trades on the good name of David Hemmings, who at this time still had substantial "Blow Up" cachet left to p*ss away. His jaded ex-junkie finds his aunt murdered one sunny vacation, and sets out to find out whodunit amid many threatening overtures from big nasties. The main selling point here is a wild and wholly inappropriate soundtrack from one Johnny Harris - Hemmings is just shlepping around the funeral doing nothing in particular, and in comes that damned 'screaming flute' with attendant bongos. It's not embarrassingly bad, but it is dull for long stretches of dialogue in between its set pieces, and for all its attempts to be tense and/or creepy the plot's passing resemblance to Argento's "Deep Red" (also with Hemmings) does this no favours at all.

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