Parents Guide for
The Wicker Man (1973) More at IMDbPro »

The Landlord's Daughter, sung by many of the islanders in the Green Man inn, is a bawdy song highly suggestive of Willow's (Britt Ekland) sexual proclivity. Willow appears to accept this as a compliment and dances in a suggestive way with Oak (Ian Campbell).

Several partially clad and naked couples are seen apparently copulating outside at night.

A naked woman with breasts in clear view is seen sat crying against a gravestone.

Director's Cut only: The song Gently Johnny describes a sexual encounter.

Director's Cut only: The sounds of Willow (Britt Ekland) and Ash (Richard Wren) having sex are heard.

A young woman is seen suckling a baby in a derelict church.

Pregnant women in partially see-through slips are seen picking blossom from trees.

Apparently naked young women are seen dancing and jumping through a fire. Lord Summerisle (Christopher Lee) refers to them as children.

Willow (Britt Ekland) is seen singing and dancing naked. Her breasts are shown in medium close-up and there are full length views of her back (for which a body-double was used).

A woman is discovered naked in the bath. She exposes her breasts to Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward).

Several island women play sexually suggestive games with the Hobbyhorse and Punch during the procession.

Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward) hits Alder MacGregor (Lindsay Kemp) on the back with a candlestick. MacGregor collapses.

Six swordsmen are seen apparently decapitating someone.

Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward) punches an islander in the face.

Oak (Ian Campbell) throws Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward) to the ground and then physically restrains him.

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Many of the islanders are seen drinking, smoking and cavorting in the Green Man inn.

Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward) drinks a pint of beer with his meal.

The gravedigger (Aubrey Morris) smokes a pipe.

Islanders are shown drinking and cavorting on the morning of May Day.

Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward) asks for a glass of whisky, which he downs in one.

In the undertaker's, Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward), removes the lid of a coffin to reveal an elderly woman's body with amputated hand and bloody stump.

Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward) is led and carried to the giant wicker man to the slow beat of drums. The pyre is lit. The islanders dance and sing a cheerful song (Sumer is icumen in) whilst the sacrificial birds and animals squeal and Sergeant Howie prays for his salvation as they burn.