

The Shout
A film of intense perversity - the madness of the mind.
A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.
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133 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
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- Language
- English
- small town
- composer
- cricket
- super power
- based on short story
- devon
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United Kingdom
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York Film Festival1 Oct 1978
- Theatrical (limited)Labeled as the US Premiere by the distributor20 Apr 1979
- TheatricalRNew York City, New York9 Nov 1979
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1516 Jun 1978
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical17 May 1979
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical29 Aug 1979
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-164 May 1979
FranceFR
- Premiere12Cannes Film Festival22 May 1978
- Theatrical1213 Dec 1978
- Theatrical12re-release28 Jan 2015
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1620 Jul 1979
GreeceGR
- PremiereThessaloniki International Film Festival10 Nov 2000
IrelandIE
- Theatrical16 Feb 1979
ItalyIT
- TheatricalVM1424 Aug 1978
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical169 Nov 1978
PortugalPT
- TheatricalPorto28 Sept 1978
- TVTV premiere8 Jun 1993
Frequently asked questions
The Shout was released on 16 June 1978.
Audience reviews
1- R6/10
rogerco
12/24/2020
I remember seeing this when it first came out (1978) and thinking it a bit overblown. Just watched it again (2020) after it was featured in a list of films containing an English cricket match (a short list; The Go Between from the same period is another one, also with Alan Bates in a similar role) It now seems a bit better than I remembered despite some inconsistencies and plot holes. Alan Bates, for all his brood…
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