The Parasite Murders (1975)
Table of contents
- Basic facts
- Links and resources
- Titles
- Crew
- Cast
- Companies
- About the film
- Plot summary
- Swedish censorship / rating
- Technical specifications
- Comments
- Original work
- Production location
- Release dates
- Soundtrack listing
- Awards
- Related films
- Subjects
- Holdings Film
- Holdings Posters
- Holdings Archive materials
- Holdings Scripts
- Holdings Stills
- Holdings Promotion materials
Basic facts
| Original title | The Parasite Murders |
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| Film type | Feature |
| Category | Fiction |
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| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
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| Swedish release | 1983-09-23 |
Cast
Titles
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Crew
| Director | |
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| Music | |
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Cast
| Paul Hampton | Roger St. Luc | ||
| Joe Silver | Rollo Linsky | ||
| Lynn Lowry | Forsythe | ||
| Allan Migicovsky | Nicholas Tudor | ||
| Susan Petrie | Janine Tudor | ||
| Barbara Steele | Betts | ||
| Ronald Mlodzik | Merrick | ||
| Barry Boldero | detektiv Heller | ||
| Camille Ducharme | mr Guilbault | ||
| Hanna Poznanska | mrs Guilbault | ||
| Wally Martin | portvakten | ||
| Vlasta Vrana | Kreismer Sviben | ||
| Sylvie Desbois | Benda Sviben | ||
| Charles Perley | budet | ||
| Al Rochman | Parkins | ||
| Julie Wildman | miss Lewis | ||
| Arthur Grosser | mr Wolfe | ||
| Edith Johnson | Olive | ||
| Dorothy Davis | Vi | ||
| Joy Coghill | Mona Wheatley | ||
| Joan Blackman | mamman i hissen | ||
| Kirsten Bishopric | dottern i hissen | ||
| Fred Doederlein | Emil Hobbes | ||
| Sony Forbes | mannen i soprummet | ||
| Nora Johnson | tvättkvinnan | ||
| Cathy Graham | Annabelle | ||
| Robert Brennen | pojken | ||
| Felicia Shulman | flickan | ||
| Roy Witham | den skäggige | ||
| Denis Payne | ena mannen i hissen | ||
| Kevin Fenlow | andra mannen i hissen |
Companies
| Production Company | DAL Productions Ltd. | ||
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| Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) | Gebe Film AB | ||
| Laboratory | Les Laboratoires de Film Québec | ||
| Other Company | Cinépix Inc. | (distributör i Kanada) |
Swedish censorship / rating
| Censorship number | 124041 |
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| Date | 1983-05-09 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
| Original length | 2400 meters |
| Censored length | 2225 meters |
| Notes | Akt 1: strypning av kvinna utgår, operationsscener kortas, operationsscener utgår, doktorns självmord kortas. 3: kvinna angrips av "alien" kortas, våldtäktsförsök kortas. 4:man angriper mor och dotter i hiss kortas, neger som dödas. Vakt som slås ned och tvingas till samlag med mor och dotter utgår. Våldtäktsförsök kortas. 5: "Alien" angriper läkaren med hans dödskamp utgår. Våldtäkt i källare utgår. Våldtäkt i korridor utgår. Likvisning och dödsskjutning utgår. Sammanlagt 175 meter. Aktlängder efter klipp: 485-440-440-475-385 = 2225 meter. |
| Censorship number | 116667 |
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| Date | 1977-02-21 |
| Classification | Banned |
| Original length | 2400 meters |
Technical specifications
| Aspect ratio | 1.85:1 |
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| Sound type | Sound |
| Sound system | Optical mono |
| Colour type | Colour |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Frames per second | 24 |
| Length in metres | 2394 meter |
| Length in minutes | 87 min |
Production location
| Canada | 1974-08-21 | 1974-09-17 | ||||
| Île-des-Soeurs, Montreal | (exteriörer) |
Release dates
| First showing | 1975-10-10 | Montreal | Canada | 87 min | ||
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| Release in Sweden | 1983-09-23 | Skandia | Trollhättan | Sweden | 81 min | |
| Release in Stockholm | 1983-12-09 | Sergel | Stockholm | Sweden | 81 min | |
| Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia | 2007-11-01 | |||||
| Cinematheque screening | 2019-11-01 | Filmhuset | Stockholm | Sweden | ||
| Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia | 2019-11-01 |
Holdings Film
The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se
| Element type | |
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| Item base | Acetate |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Length | 2394 |
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| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Length | 2219 |
Holdings Posters
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
| Size | Smaller than 40 x 75 cm |
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| Quantity | 1 |
Holdings Stills
| Black and white print | 2 |
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| Album | No |
