Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)
AIP Production #7137
Jeff and Cheryl follow the path of breadcrumbs to solve the mystery of
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?Directed by Curtis Harrington
Written by Robert Blees and James Sangster
With additional dialogue by Gavin Lambert
Based on the story by David D. Osborn
Executive Produced by Louis M. Heyward
Produced by James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff
Starring:
Shelley Winters as Mrs. Rosie "Auntie Roo" Forrest
Mark Lester as Christopher Coombs
Chloe Franks as Katy Coombs
Ralph Richardson as Mr. Benton, fake psychic
Lionel Jeffries as Police Inspector Willoughby
Hugh Griffith as Mr. Harrison, the "Pigman"
Rosalie Crutchley as Miss Henley
Pat Heywood as Dr. Mason
Judy Cornwell as Clarine, Aunt Roo's servant
Michael Gothard as Albie, Aunt Roo's butler
Jacqueline Cowper as Angela, girl at orphanage
Richard Beaumont as Peter, boy at orphanage
Charlotte Sayce as Katharine Forrest, Auntie Roo's daughter
Marianne Stone as Miss Wilcox
Produced by American International Pictures and the Hemdale Film Corporation. Find this movie available to stream on Pluto.
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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers:
How to Make a Monster (1958),
The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962),
I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957),
High School Hellcats (1958),
Beach Blanket Bingo (1965),
The Wild Angels (1966),
It Conquered the World (1956),
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and
Female Jungle (1955)