Tam-Lin (film)

Tam-Lin, also known as The Ballad of Tam-Lin, The Devil's Widow and The Devil's Woman, is a 1970 British folk horror film directed by Roddy McDowall. The film stars Ava Gardner and Ian McShane with Richard Wattis, Cyril Cusack, Stephanie Beacham, Sinéad Cusack and Joanna Lumley.

Tam-Lin or
The Devil's Widow
Original film poster
Directed byRoddy McDowall
Produced byAlan Ladd Jr.
Stanley Mann
Anthony B. Unger
Henry T. Weinstein
Written byWilliam Spier
Robert Burns (poem)
StarringAva Gardner
Ian McShane
Richard Wattis
Cyril Cusack
Stephanie Beacham
Music byStanley Myers
CinematographyBilly Williams
Edited byJohn Victor-Smith
Production
company
Gershwin-Kastner Productions
Winkast Film Productions
Distributed byAmerican International Pictures
Release date
Deccember 1970 (U.K.) as Tam-Lin
September 1972 (U.S.) re-edited as The Devil's Widow
Running time
106 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Production

The film was made by Commonwealth United Entertainment. It was produced by Alan Ladd, Jr. and Stanley Mann, from a screenplay by William Spier based on the traditional Scottish poem The Ballad of Tam Lin. The film had original music by Stanley Myers and a musical version of the original poem recorded by the British folk rock band Pentangle, and was photographed by Billy Williams. It was the only film directed by McDowall.

Filming took place in the Summer of 1968 at Traquair House and other locations in Peeblesshire, Scotland.[1] The cast stayed at the Peebles Hydro Hotel.[2] Interiors were shot at Pinewood Studios. The sets were designed by the art directors John Graysmark and Donald M. Ashton. Costumes were designed by Beatrice Dawson and Ava Gardner's gowns executed by Balmain.

McDowall's direction of this film precluded him from reprising his role as Cornelius in Beneath the Planet of the Apes, the only one of the original five Planet of the Apes films from which he is absent.

Release

Given a limited release in Britain in December 1970, the film was shelved in the United States until 1972 when the rights were acquired by American International Pictures and it was recut and renamed The Devil's Widow.[3]

A newer release of this film (1998) (Republic Pictures Home Video) re-cut the film to be closer to Roddy McDowall's intention.

Cast


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References
  1. "Sixties Icons Set To Rock Traquair". Traquair House. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  2. "Lumley heads Ab-Fab cast at Melrose book bash". Border Telegraph. 19 June 2013.
  3. Dunn, Sam. "Lost and found: The Ballad of Tam Lin". BFI Sight & Sound. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012.
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