Red Shift

Red Shift

84 mins | Drama, Mystery | Jan. 17, 1978

Three men at three different times in history come to Mow Top hill in search of sanctuary from their troubles. A Roman soldier, a medieval rebel and a 1970s young man. Somehow they seem linked through an energy within the hill and an axe. Is history doomed to repeat itself or can loving another person free them?

Red Shift

84 mins | Drama, Mystery | Jan. 17, 1978

Red Shift
Three men at three different times in history come to Mow Top hill in search of sanctuary from their troubles. A Roman soldier, a medieval rebel and a 1970s young man. Somehow they seem linked through an energy within the hill and an axe. Is history doomed to repeat itself or can loving another person free them?
Producers BBC
Original title Red Shift
Directors John Mackenzie
Writers Alan Garner

Cast

Lesley Dunlop

as Jan

Bernard Gallagher

as Tom's Father

Stella Tanner

as Tom's Mother

Ken Hutchison

as Logan

Andrew Byatt

as Macey

Charles Bolton

as Thomas Rowley

James Hazeldine

as John Fowler

Myra Frances

as Madge Rowley

Michael Elphick

as Thomas Venables

Daragh O'Malley

as Face

Anthony Langdon

as Magoo

Freddie Fletcher

as Randal

Ben Howard

as Officer

Robert Brown

as Rector

Michael Wolf

as German

Johnny Allan

as Villager (uncredited)