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Return to Glennascaul

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Orson Welles, taking a break from the filming of "Othello," is driving in the Irish countryside one night when he offers a ride to a man with car trouble. The man relays to Welles a strange tale of an encounter he had once before at the same isolated location.

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English
  • ghost story

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  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical1 Feb 1953
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical24 Nov 1952
    • PhysicalPGBlu-Ray (as part of 'Short Sharp Shocks Vol.3' set)9 Oct 2023
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical11 Mar 1953

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Return to Glennascaul was released on 24 November 1952.

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    CinemaSerf

    7/9/2025

    7/10

    With Orson Welles needing a break from filming his “Othello” in Ireland in 1951, he set off to drive to Dublin when he encountered a motorist stranded on the dark. Offering this somewhat reluctant traveller a lift, he (Michael Laurence) regales his rescuer with an intriguing story about one evening when he did some rescuing of his own. This involved two ladies whom he took to their home and accepted a few minutes of …

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