Taste of Fear
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1961 | 82m | English
Popularity: 0.9 (history)
| Director: | Seth Holt |
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| Writer: | Jimmy Sangster |
| Staring: |
| A wheelchair-bound young girl returns to her father's estate after ten years, and although she's told he's away, she keeps seeing his dead body on the estate. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 19, 1961 |
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| Director: | Seth Holt |
| Writer: | Jimmy Sangster |
| Genres: | Horror, Thriller, Mystery |
| Keywords | france, drowning, paraplegic, secret identity, chauffeur, staged death, stepmother, french riviera, murder, dead body, inheritance, rescue from drowning, heiress, drive over cliff, stepparent stepchild relationship, dead father, woman in wheelchair, suspicious doctor, stepmother stepdaughter relationship, gaslighting, plot twist, imposter, spousal murder, pushed off a cliff |
| Production Companies | Hammer Film Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 05, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Susan Strasberg | Penny Appleby |
| Ronald Lewis | Robert |
| Ann Todd | Jane Appleby |
| Christopher Lee | Doctor Pierre Gerrard |
| John Serret | Inspector Legrand |
| Leonard Sachs | Mr. Spratt |
| Anne Blake | Marie the Maid |
| Fred Johnson | Mr. Appleby |
| Madame Lobegue | Swiss Air Hostess (uncredited) |
| Bernard Browne | Gendarme (uncredited) |
| Frederick Rawlings | Plainclothes Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Richard Klee | Plainclothes Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Brian Jackson | Plainclothes Officer (uncredited) |
| Heinz Bernard | Plainclothes Officer (uncredited) |
| Frederick Schrecker | Plainclothes Officer (uncredited) |
| Gordon Sterne | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Rodney Burke | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Seth Holt | Director |
| Jimmy Sangster | Writer |
| Desmond Davis | Camera Operator |
| Clifton Parker | Original Music Composer |
| Eric Boyd-Perkins | Editor |
| Bernard Robinson | Production Design |
| Stuart Lyons | Casting |
| Thomas Goswell | Art Direction |
| Eileen Bates | Hairstylist |
| Basil Newall | Makeup Artist |
| William Hill | Production Manager |
| David Tomblin | Assistant Director |
| Terry Lens | Second Assistant Director |
| Jim Groom | Sound Editor |
| Teddy Mason | Sound Recordist |
| Len Shilton | Sound Recordist |
| John Crome | Assistant Sound Editor, Assistant Editor |
| Les Bowie | Special Effects |
| Ian Scoones | Special Effects Assistant |
| Ray Andrew | Clapper Loader |
| Len Harris | Additional Camera |
| George Higgins | Still Photographer |
| John Jordan | Underwater Camera |
| Harry Oakes | Additional Camera |
| Egil S. Woxholt | Underwater Camera |
| Dora Lloyd | Wardrobe Master |
| James Needs | Supervising Editor |
| John Hollingsworth | Music Supervisor |
| Pamela Mann | Continuity |
| Les Hammond | Sound Recordist |
| Douglas Slocombe | Director of Photography |
| William Constable | Assistant Art Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Jimmy Sangster | Producer |
| Michael Carreras | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 9 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 6 |
| 2024 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 7 |
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| 2024 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 5 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 5 |
| 2024 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 6 |
| 2025 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 10 | 737 | 810 |