This was the last of Amicus's portmanteau films and is enjoyable enough with all four stories having something to commend them.
Peter Cushing is proprietor of an antiques shop who sells sinister objects to four customers. Three of them ( David Warner, Ian Bannen, Ian Carmichael ) try to cheat him and come to nasty ends. The honest one ( Ian Ogilvy ) manages to escape the fate of the others.
Angela Pleasence ( as Emily )
Sex : Emily sleeps with one of the customers
Death : Survives
Angela is the daughter of creepy actor Donald Pleasence and this film was the first time they acted together. She is a well known TV actress usually in period dramas and is still active. She is now 76.
Nyree Dawn Porter ( as Susan )
Sex : No
Death : Survives though possessed
Nyree is blonde in many of her roles but brunette here.
Lesley-Anne Down ( as Rosemary )
Sex : She is braless in a tight blouse for most of her scenes
Death : Survives
Lesley-Anne looks very good in this one.
Wendy Allnutt ( as Pamela )
Sex : No
Death : Survives
Wendy was active mainly in TV from the late sixties to the end of the nineties . She had regular roles though not in memorable series. She's probably best known for Jennifer in Sorry. She is now 71.
Rosalind Ayres ( as Prostitute )
Sex : She is a prostitute
Death : Stabbed to death
This was one of Rosalind's first films. She married Martin Jarvis the following year and they have often appeared together although she's had plenty of TV roles in her own right. She is now 71.
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