JOURNEY TO MIDNIGHT

Hammer recut and repackaged two installments of their popular television series Journey to the Unknown (one of the earliest projects of longtime Hammer director Roy Ward Baker) for this theatrical release. The first tale involves a guest at an unusual masquerade party at which he is given an unflattering look at his past misdeeds; the second installment stars The Haunting's Julie Harris as a rich woman pursued by a slimy, gold-digging potential suitor who meets his comeuppance thanks to an ancient Indian spirit. Though rather staid in comparison to Baker's flamboyant anthology work for Amicus, Sebastian Cabot ... Host

Joan Crawford ... Hostess (scenes deleted) Chad Everett ... Steven Miller (segment "Poor Butterfly") Bernard Lee ... Ben Loker (episode 'Poor Butterfly') Fay Compton ... Queen Victoria (episode 'Poor Butterfly') Edward Fox ... Robert Sawyer (segment "Poor Butterfly") Susan Brodrick ... Rose (episode 'Poor Butterfly') Susan Richards ... Mrs. Loker (episode 'Poor Butterfly') Marty Cruikshank ... Diana (episode 'Poor Butterfly') Norman Chappell ... Friar Tuck (episode 'Poor Butterfly') Antony Webb ... Nelson (episode 'Poor Butterfly') Donald Gee ... Aviator (episode 'Poor Butterfly') Michael Nightingale ... Butler (episode 'Poor Butterfly') Linda Cole ... Lady Hamilton (episode 'Poor Butterfly') Ann Lancaster ... Red Queen (episode 'Poor Butterfly') Runtime:USA:106 min Country:UK Language:English Year: 1968