Crescendo

Crescendo

96 mins | Thriller, Horror | June 7, 1970

An innocent project transforms into a perilous nightmare when researcher Susan Roberts arrives in France in search of information on a deceased composer. She contacts his widow whose mental deterioration, precipitated by the death of her husband, manifests itself in psychotic dementia. The young woman's arrival triggers an obsessive desire to marry her crippled son to Susan, ensuring by this union that the genius of the father will be passed on to future generations.

Crescendo

96 mins | Thriller, Horror | June 7, 1970

Crescendo
An innocent project transforms into a perilous nightmare when researcher Susan Roberts arrives in France in search of information on a deceased composer. She contacts his widow whose mental deterioration, precipitated by the death of her husband, manifests itself in psychotic dementia. The young woman's arrival triggers an obsessive desire to marry her crippled son to Susan, ensuring by this union that the genius of the father will be passed on to future generations.
IMDb rating 5.2
Producers Hammer Film Productions
Original title Crescendo
Directors Alan Gibson
Writers Alfred Shaughnessy, Jimmy Sangster

Cast

Stefanie Powers

as Susan Roberts

James Olson

as Georges Ryman / Jacques Ryman

Joss Ackland

as Carter

Margaretta Scott

as Danielle Ryman

Jane Lapotaire

as Lillianne

Kirsten Lindholm

as Catherine