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Release Date:
8 November 1978 (USA) moreTagline:
A Terrifying Love Story. morePlot:
A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(3 articles)
"10 Rillington Place" Now At Film Forum, New York (From CinemaRetro. 27 June 2009, 11:04 AM, PDT)
2009 Paramount Pictures Preview: ‘Star Trek,’ ‘Defiance,’ ‘The Uninvited,’ ‘Monsters vs. Aliens,’ More
(From HollywoodChicago.com. 6 January 2009, 12:04 PM, PST)
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creepy & funny moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Anthony Hopkins | ... | Corky Withers / Voice of Fats |
 | Ann-Margret | ... | Peggy Ann Snow |
 | Burgess Meredith | ... | Ben Greene |
| Ed Lauter | ... | Duke |
| E.J. André | ... | Merlin |
| Jerry Houser | ... | Cab driver |
 | David Ogden Stiers | ... | Todson |
| Lillian Randolph | ... | Sadie |
| Joe Lowry | ... | Club M.C. |
| Bob Hackman | ... | Father |
| Mary Munday | ... | Mother |
| Brad Beesley | ... | Young Corky |
| Scott Garrett | ... | Corky's brother |
| Beverly Sanders | ... | Laughing lady |
| I.W. Klein | ... | Maitre d'hotel |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
107 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
Singapore:M18 | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:TV-PG (cable rating) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 (re-rating) | Norway:16 (original rating) | UK:15 (video rating) | UK:X (original rating) (1978) | USA:RFun Stuff
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Crew or equipment visible: Members of the crew are reflected in the cabin window when Corky gets his jacket before going out in the boat with Duke. moreQuotes:
Corky: [Ben Greene has asked Corky to go five minutes without using Fats to talk to prove his sanity. He has gone 2 minutes] I can't make it... moreFAQ
List: Ventriloquists who have disturbing relationships with their dummiesIs Fats alive, like Chucky?
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Strangely neglected at the time of its release, this is a creepy and sort-of black humored character study of a man who, basically, splits his personality in two halves; imagine Norman Bates with a dummy fixation instead of a Mommy fixation and you get a general idea what is in store. The scene where Burgess Meredith asks Anthony Hopkins to make the dummy stop talking for five minutes is worth the price of admission. Plus you get brief glimpses of Anne Margaret's bare breasts!
On the whole the plotting reminds me very much of a Jim Thompson novel. Not at all typical of the work of Director Richard Attenborough...unless to remember that as an actor in 1970 he portrayed real-life British Serial murderer & necrophiliac John Christie in TEN RILLINGTON PLACE (which was actually filmed in the exact house where the real-life killings took place!)