236 The Skull ( 1965 )

This  was  a  full  length  Amicus  movie,  again  starring  Cushing  and  Lee  although  the  latter's  only  in  a  supporting  role.  It's  no  classic  but  enjoyable  enough.

The  duo  are  rival  collectors  of  occult  artefacts. Christopher  Maitland  ( Peter  Cushing )  is  the  less  scrupulous , willing  to  deal  with the  seedy  Marco  ( Patrick  Wymark )  to  enhance  his  collection. He  offers  Maitland  the  skull  of  the  Marquis  de  Sade  despite  the  grim  fates  that  have  befallen  its  previous  possessors.

Jill  Bennett  ( as  Jane  Maitland )

Sex : No

Death : Survives

Jill  was  a  highly  successful  British  actress  on  both  stage  and  screen  from  the  early  fifties onwards. She  had  a  tempestuous  marriage  to  John  Osborne  who  publicly  celebrated  her  death  by  suicide   in  1990  aged  58.

April  Olrich  ( as  French  girl )

Sex : She  is  the  mistress  of  the  skull's  first  owner

Death : Stabbed  in  the  back  by  her  lover's  solicitor  under  the  skull's  influence

 April  was  an  English  ballerina  who  took  up  acting  when  her  dance  career  finished. Her  second  career  lasted  until  1990. She  died  in  2014  aged  82.

Anna  Palk ( as  Maid )

Sex : No

Death : Survives

Anna  gradually  worked  her  way  up  from  bit  parts  like  this  to  more  substantial  roles  on  film  and  TV. She  died  of  cancer  in  1990  aged  48.