The Snake Woman
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Sidney J. Furie
John Mccarthy Jr.
Susan Travers
Geoffrey Danton
Arnold Marle
Elsie Wagstaff
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Late in the 19th century, on the lonely Northumberland moors, herpetologist Dr. Adderson restores his wife's sanity by injecting her with venom from the snakes he uses in his experiments. A short time later she dies giving birth to a daughter, Atheris. Aggie, the midwife, runs to warn the villagers that the child has the evil eye, forcing Dr. Adderson to hide his infant daughter in a shepherd's hut. That night the villagers burn down the doctor's house, and he is fatally bitten by one of his snakes. Years later, a young Scotland Yard inspector, Charles Prentice, is sent to Northumberland to investigate several deaths from snakebite. While strolling in the woods, he encounters the beautiful Atheris. Though she responds to the music of a snake charmer's flute, Prentice, unaware that she is Adderson's daughter, at first does not connect her with the mysterious deaths; but eventually, following several more killings, he realizes that Atheris is both snake and woman, capable of transforming herself at will. Confronted with the truth, she turns into a cobra and attacks him. As he fires three bullets at her, the writhing serpent turns into the corpse of Atheris. Hoping that all mention of this incident will die with the case report, the police destroy it.
Director
Sidney J. Furie
Cast
John Mccarthy Jr.
Susan Travers
Geoffrey Danton
Arnold Marle
Elsie Wagstaff
John Cazabon
Frances Bennett
Jack Cunningham
Hugh Moxey
Michael Logan
Dorothy Frere
Stevenson Lang
Crew
Buddy Booth
Stephen Dade
John Earl
George Fowler
Anthony Gibbs
Orville H. Hampton
Douglas Hickox
Philip Martell
Dulcie Midwinter
Buxton Orr
H. C. Pearson
Helen Penfold
David E. Rose
Freddie Williamson
Robert Winter
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Released in Great Britain in 1962.
