

The Medusa Touch
Richard Burton is the man with the medusa touch... he has the power to create catastrophe.
A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries with the help of journals and a psychiatrist. He realises that the man had powerful telekinetic abilities.
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- Language
- English
- london, england
- robbery
- telekinesis
- execution
- super power
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United StatesUS
- Theatrical14 Apr 1978
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPG13 Apr 1978
AustriaAT
- Theatrical121 Feb 1979
FranceFR
- Theatrical12 Nov 1978
GermanyDE
- TV128 Nov 1980
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical1231 Aug 1978
- Physical12DVD18 Aug 2011
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The Medusa Touch was released on 13 April 1978.
Audience reviews
2- W6/10
Wuchak
4/5/2022
_**Beware the ‘deathlook’ of Richard Burton**_ A writer in London is convinced he has the power to cause destruction at will (Richard Burton) and it’s driving him mad. Lee Remick plays his psychiatrist while Lino Ventura is on hand as a Scotland Yard detective. "The Medusa Touch" (1978) is a slow burn psychological thriller/horror that takes the psychokinesis element of “Carrie” but throws in the mass disaste…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
6/4/2023
Though top billed in this, Richard Burton features but sparingly as a man with a tortured past. His recollections to his psychiatrist "Dr. Zonfeld" (Lee Remick) are relayed to police inspector "Brunel" (Lino Ventura) after he ("Morlar") is found savagely beaten at his London flat. As the investigation expands, it is clear that the normal rules do not apply here. "Morlar" shouldn't even be alive, yet his brain activit…
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