To the Devil a Daughter

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To the Devil a Daughter, sometimes stylised as To the Devil... a Daughter, is a 1976 supernatural horror film directed by Peter Sykes and starring Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Honor Blackman, Nastassja Kinski, and Denholm Elliott. Loosely based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Dennis Wheatley, it follows an American occult researcher in England who attempts to save a teenage girl preyed upon by a Satanic cult led by a fallen Catholic priest. An international co-production between the United Kingdom, West Germany, and the United States, the film was produced by Hammer Film Productions and Terra Filmkunst. It was originally devised by Hammer as a television episode in a series based on Wheatley's novels, which never materialized. Wheatley's book was subsequently adapted as a feature film co-written by Christopher Wicking. The film was mostly shot in Bavaria and London in 1975, and features a musical score by the Swiss-American composer Paul Glass. The film premiered in London in...

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