Something to Hide (film)

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Something to Hide
"Something to Hide" (1972).jpg
Directed by Alastair Reid
Written byAlastair Reid
Produced by Michael Klinger
Starring Peter Finch
Shelley Winters
Colin Blakely
Linda Hayden
Cinematography Wolfgang Suschitzky
Edited by Reginald Beck
Music by Roy Budd
Production
company
Avton Films
Distributed by Avco Embassy (UK)
Release date
  • 1972 (1972)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Something to Hide (in the U.S. also reissued as Shattered), is a 1972 British thriller film, written and directed by Alastair Reid, [1] based on a 1963 novel by Nicholas Monsarrat. [2] The film stars Peter Finch, Shelley Winters, Colin Blakely, Linda Hayden and John Stride. [3] Finch plays a man harassed by his shrewish wife (Winters) who, after picking up a pregnant teenage hitchhiker (Hayden), is driven to murder and madness. The film was not released commercially in the USA until 1976. [4]

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References

  1. "Something to Hide". Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  2. "Something to Hide (1971)". BFI. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016.
  3. Something to Hide at Internet Movie Database; www.imdb.com.
  4. Release information for Something to Hide; www.imdb.com.

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