The Stalls of Barchester (1971)

★ 6.2 0h 45m IMDb
Drama Horror

Scholar Dr. Black's seemingly mundane assignment of sorting through the assets of the Barchester Cathedral library takes an eerie turn when he comes across the papers of the late Archdeacon, who plotted to gain his position through murder. However, he soon comes to discover something truly horrific about the wooden choir stalls in the church, which are tied to a famous local tree and a sinister local legend.

The Stalls of Barchester

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Cast

Robert Hardy
Robert Hardy as Archdeacon Haynes Died 2017 · Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK One of England's most successful and enduring character actors, with a prolific screen career on television and in films, Robert Hardy was acclaimed for his versatility and the depth of his performanc...
Clive Swift
Clive Swift as Dr. Black Died 2019 · Liverpool, England, UK Clive Swift was a British actor known to millions as Hyacinth Bucket's hen-pecked husband Richard in BBC One's 90s sitcom Keeping Up Appearances. Swift, who spent 10 years at the RSC before breaking i...
Thelma Barlow
Thelma Barlow as Letitia Haynes Age 96 · Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK Thelma Barlow (née Pigott) is an English television actress and writer, known for her roles as Mavis Wilton in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street and as Dolly Bellfield in the BBC One s...
Harold Bennett
Harold Bennett as Archdeacon Pulteney Died 1981 · Hastings, Sussex, England, UK Harold Frank Bennett (17 November 1898 - 11 September 1981) was an English actor, active in stage, television and film best remembered for having played 'Young Mr. Grace' in the 1970s British sitcom A...
Erik Chitty
Erik Chitty as Priest Died 1977 · Dover, Kent, England, UK Erik Chitty (8 July 1907 in Dover, Kent – 22 July 1977 Brent, Middlesex), was an English stage, film and television actor..
Director Lawrence Gordon Clark
Cast Robert Hardy, Clive Swift, Thelma Barlow, Will Leighton, Harold Bennett, Penny Service, Martin Hoyle, Erik Chitty, David Pugh, Ambrose Coghill

Audience Reviews

Peter McGinn 6/10 Nov 16, 2021
This is the second short film I have seen that is based on a ghost story by M R James. It was okay, perhaps a bit slow moving and lacking in real tension and drama. Like the previous film, there are no attempts at real special effects. Perhaps there should have been. It needed something more. Then again, perhaps that would have offended the fans of the original source stories.

So nothing memorable, but good enough for fans of the genre and M R James.

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