Night of the Eagle

Night of the Eagle - 1962 | 90mins | Horror | B&W

The Production Team

Director: Sidney Hayers.
Producer: Samuel Z. Arkoff and Albert Fennell.
Script: Fritz Leiber Jr. (from the novel Conjure Wife) Charles Beaumont, Richard Matheson and George Baxt.
Cinematography: Reginald H. Wyer.
Editing: Ralph Sheldon.
Art Direction: Jack Shampan.
Costume Design: Maude Churchill.
Makeup Department: David Bracknell, Sophie Devine and Iris Tilley.
Sound Department: Eric Bayman, Teddy Mason, Alastair McIntyre and Len Shilton.
Music: William Alwyn.
Music Direction: Muir Mathieson.

The Cast

Peter Wyngarde - Norman Taylor
Janet Blair - Tansy Taylor
Margaret Johnston - Flora Carr
Anthony Nicholls - Harvey Sawtelle
Colin Gordon - Lindsay Carr
Kathleen Byron - Evelyn Sawtelle
Reginald Beckwith - Harold Gunnison
Jessica Dunning - Hilda Gunnison
Norman Bird - Doctor

Plot Synopsis

Also known as Burn, Witch, Burn! Night of the Eagle is based on Fritz Leiber's novel Conjure Wife. The story involves sceptical psychologist Norman Taylor (Peter Wyngarde), hated by his fellow university lecturers when rumours of a major promotion circulate. Taylor discovers the upward surge of his career is not of his own doing, but is due to his wife Tansy (Janet Blair) dabbling in witchcraft she learned whilst in Jamaica. Since he is a rational and sceptic, Taylor naturally destroys all his wife’s voodoo paraphernalia despite her protestations that the spells are protecting him. Taylor’s professional and personal life begins to spiral downhill as the forces of evil gather against the unguarded couple.