Dark Places is a 1973 British horror film

Horror film

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

 directed by Don Sharp

Don Sharp

Donald Sharp is a British film director.His most famous films were made for Hammer Studios in the sixties, and included The Kiss of the Vampire and Rasputin, the Mad Monk . Also in 1965 he directed The Face of Fu Manchu, based on the character created by Sax Rohmer, here played by Christopher Lee...

 and starring Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

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, Joan Collins

Joan Collins

Joan Henrietta Collins, OBE , is an English actress, author, and columnist. Born in Paddington and raised in Maida Vale, Collins grew up during the Second World War. At the age of nine, she made her stage debut in A Doll's House and after attending school, she was classically trained as an actress...

 and Herbert Lom

Herbert Lom

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Plot

Dr. Mandeville (Christopher Lee) and his wife Sarah (Joan Collins) try to locate two suitcases of money hidden on a large estate of one of his former patients by posing as a potential heir. Also at the estate is mentally unstable Andrew (Robert Hardy), who begins to have flashbacks to the murders committed by the previous owner Edward (Hardy as well).

Cast

• Christopher Lee - Doctor Ian Mandeville
• Joan Collins
  Joan Collins
  Joan Henrietta Collins, OBE , is an English actress, author, and columnist. Born in Paddington and raised in Maida Vale, Collins grew up during the Second World War. At the age of nine, she made her stage debut in A Doll's House and after attending school, she was classically trained as an actress...
  
   - Sarah Mandeville
• Herbert Lom
  Herbert Lom
  Herbert Lom is a Czech film actor, best known for his role as former Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus in the Pink Panther movie series.-Life and career:...
  
   - Prescott
• Jane Birkin
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   - Alta
• Robert Hardy
  Robert Hardy
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   - Edward Foster / Andrew Marr
• Jean Marsh
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   - Victoria
• Carleton Hobbs
  Carleton Hobbs
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   - Old Marr
• Roy Evans
  Roy Evans
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   - Baxter
• Martin Boddey
  Martin Boddey
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   - Sgt. Riley
• John Glyn-Jones
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   - Bank Manager
• John Levene
  John Levene
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   - Doctor
• Jennifer Thanisch
  Jennifer Thanisch
  Jennifer Thanisch was an English child actress during the 1970s.-Life:Jennifer Thanisch is native of Laleham, Middlesex, where her parents owned the Three Horseshoes, a public house. Her first role was in the film Dark Places, which starred Christopher Lee and Joan Collins...
  
   - Jessica
• Michael McVey - Francis
• Barry Linehan - Asylum Gatekeeper