Medusa's Touch

(1978) Directed by Jack Gold

Writing Credits:  John Briley, Peter Van Greenaway (novel)

Plot Summary:  Burton stars as a psycho with supernatural powers which enables him to cause worldwide disasters. Remick is the psychiatrist who attempts to control him. Morlar, a second class writer, is brutally killed. His head is totally smashed. When Inspector Brunel, a French cop, working in an exchange program in London, and sergeant Duff look up in his apartment, Morlar comes back to life. He resists all his violations, a medical sensation. The researches show, that all people, who hurt Morlar in any way, died thereafter in a strange way. Above all, to those people belong authorities, as his parents, teachers, priests. Morlar thought, he initiated ALL catastrophes on earth. When he asked Dr.Zonfeld for help and she didn't believe him, he let an airplane crash into a building. Why doesn't he die ? Does it have something to do with the Queen visiting Westminster Abbey ? And Windscale ? ...from IMDB

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Richard Burton:  John Morlar
Lino Ventura:  Brunel
Lee Remick:  Doctor Zonfeld
Harry Andrews:  Assistant Commissioner
Alan Badel:  Barrister
Marie-Christine Barrault:  Patricia
Jeremy Brett:  Edward Parrish
Michael Hordern:  Atropos
Gordon Jackson:  Doctor Johnson
Michael Byrne:  Duff
Derek Jacobi:  Townley
Robert Lang:  Pennington
Avril Elgar:  Mrs. Pennington
John Normington:  Schoolmaster