Fantasy · Horror · 1952 · 45 min

The Starfish.

Name: The Starfish
Director: Alan Cooke
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Released: 1952-09-30
Duration: 45 min
Rating: 5.0
Cast: Kenneth Griffith, Nigel Finzi, Susan Maryott, Christopher Finzi, Ursula Wood

Weighted average

6.1/10

IMDb5.8
TMDB5.0
Lbxd7.5

FantasyHorror

Three children, holidaying in a small Cornish fishing village, become intrigued by the locals' tales of an elusive witch.

Directors: Alan Cooke, John Schlesinger

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The Starfish (1950) | BFI National Archive· Featurette

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IMDb

5.8 /10

57 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

The tomato isn't ripe

Metacritic

Metacritic took the day off

TMDB

5.0 /10

1 votes

Letterboxd

7.5 /10

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Reino UnidoSep 30, 1952

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