The Ballad of Tam Lin
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
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The Ballad of Tam-Lin (1970, UK) is a Occult-Horror-Cult film directed by Roddy McDowall.
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Main Details
- 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 Pictures
- 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
Plot Summary
- 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.
Taglines
- She drained them of their manhood - and then of their LIVES!
- the story of a kind of woman few people even exist...
- They Called Her The Devil's Widow
Also Known As
- Tam-Lin
- The Devil's Widow
- The Devil's Woman