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The Ballad of Tam-Lin (1970, UK) is a Occult-Horror-Cult film directed by Roddy McDowall.

Released in December 1970
Color
Running time: 106 minutes
Production Co.: Gershwin-Kastner Productions (co-production) | Winkast Film Productions (co-production)
Distribution Co.: American International Productions
Directed by Roddy McDowall
Written by William Spier, from the poem by Robert Burns (uncredited)
Starring: Ava Gardner, Cyril Cusack, Stephanie Beacham, Ian McShane, Richard Wattis

Based on the ancient Scottish ballad "Tam Lin" (one of its many titles), the plot concerns an aging, beautiful woman who uses her wealth (and occasionally, witchcraft) to control a decadent pack of attractive young people she surrounds herself with. But when her latest young stud falls for the local vicar's daughter, she vows revenge.

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