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Sidney Lumet directed this film version of Peter Shaffer's dramatic play, transforming theatrical symbolism into cinematic realism. Richard Burton received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance as Martin Dysert, a psychiatrist determined to unravel the disturbed mind of Alan Strang (Peter Firth), a .. Read more

Starring	Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Colin Blakely, Joan Plowright
Director	Sidney Lumet
Genres	Drama

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- Overlong film version of a play which was a succès d'estime; it makes the fatal mistake of showing the tragic events realistically instead of stylistically as was done on the stage, and as a study in abnormal psychology it is scarcely gripping or r
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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- - 5
  - 0
  Heavy, but absorbing
  
  Sidney Lumet turns in a fine and literate adaption of Peter Shaffer's play (screenplay by the author) concerning a young boy obsessed with horses and the ... read more »
  
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  - Plymouth, England
  - 29 Mar 2006 at 13:25
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  - 0
  horses do it better
  
  Boy meets girl who likes horses and finds she wants to have sex with horse and cannot quite live up to such demand. Equestrian drama of inconsequential insanity... read more »
  
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- - juradino
  - 701 reviews
  - London
  - 19 Jan 2012 at 22:53
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  Harrowing but Brilliant
  
  I found this film profoundly unsettling, but for that reason all the more riveting. There was one scene when I had to close my eyes because I couldn't bear ... read more »
  
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- - Petroc
  - 11 reviews
  - HAYLE UK
  - 12 Feb 2010 at 23:04
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  A disturbing film
  
  I went to see the play in London so thought I would like to see the original film. They are both quite similar, presumably faithful to the original writing. The... read more »
  
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- - Anita Woods
  - London, England
  - 28 Apr 2008 at 01:17
- - 0
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  Quite well done
  
  I saw the recent stage production and was interested to see how Burton would compare with Richard Griffiths.
  
  Burton delivers the angst of the ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 28 Feb 2008 at 16:07
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  A must
  
  turgid to watch but gets you thinking for hours
  
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  - glucestershire
  - 02 Nov 2006 at 19:37
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  Poor horses - Evil Equus!
  
  Beautifully acted but you'll never be able to look at a horse in quite the same way again... Peter Firth is amazing in this and Richard Burton is his usual ... read more »
  
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  - Nuneaton
  - 25 Apr 2006 at 09:41
- - 5
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  Heavy, but absorbing
  
  Sidney Lumet turns in a fine and literate adaption of Peter Shaffer's play (screenplay by the author) concerning a young boy obsessed with horses and the ... read more »
  
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  - Plymouth, England
  - 29 Mar 2006 at 13:25
- - 1
  - 0
  Jenny Agutter? Naked? Surely not?
  
  I came across this by chance, looking through Richard Burton features and I think I’m glad I did.
  
  The film is now rather dated as are most 70s ... read more »
  
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- - weeguy
  - Midlothian
  - 21 Mar 2005 at 10:26
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  - 4
  not my cuppa tea
  
  wierd psycho type movie!!! guy being controlled by a horse (or atleast thinks he is)......
  
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  - Birmingham UK
  - 08 Mar 2005 at 17:13
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  Bit barmy...
  
  bit too long ... very well acted. Richard Burton was a true talent.
  
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  - Hertford
  - 25 Jan 2005 at 12:34
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- - 5
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  Heavy, but absorbing
  
  Sidney Lumet turns in a fine and literate adaption of Peter Shaffer's play (screenplay by the author) concerning a young boy obsessed with horses and the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 225758
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  - a customer
  - Plymouth, England
  - 29 Mar 2006 at 13:25
- - 4
  - 3
  Nudity, violence and almost sex
  
  These are the highlights of this movie:
  
  You get to listen to Richard Burton's deep pithy voice during a variety of close ups of said actor as he ... read more »
  
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- - Daniel Carl
  - Kilmarnock, Scotland
  - 11 May 2004 at 00:14
- - 2
  - 1
  not my sort of film.....
  
  not my sort of film..it was difficult to follow the plot... a dream like film in parts... not much substance to it.....
  
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- - carole#4
  - ABOYNE
  - 04 Apr 2004 at 15:09
- - 1
  - 0
  Jenny Agutter? Naked? Surely not?
  
  I came across this by chance, looking through Richard Burton features and I think I’m glad I did.
  
  The film is now rather dated as are most 70s ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 327847
- - weeguy
  - Midlothian
  - 21 Mar 2005 at 10:26
- - 1
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  Harrowing but Brilliant
  
  I found this film profoundly unsettling, but for that reason all the more riveting. There was one scene when I had to close my eyes because I couldn't bear ... read more »
  
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- - Petroc
  - 11 reviews
  - HAYLE UK
  - 12 Feb 2010 at 23:04
- - 1
  - 1
  Bit barmy...
  
  bit too long ... very well acted. Richard Burton was a true talent.
  
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  - Hertford
  - 25 Jan 2005 at 12:34
- - 0
  - 0
  Poor horses - Evil Equus!
  
  Beautifully acted but you'll never be able to look at a horse in quite the same way again... Peter Firth is amazing in this and Richard Burton is his usual ... read more »
  
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  - Nuneaton
  - 25 Apr 2006 at 09:41
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  A must
  
  turgid to watch but gets you thinking for hours
  
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  - glucestershire
  - 02 Nov 2006 at 19:37
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  Quite well done
  
  I saw the recent stage production and was interested to see how Burton would compare with Richard Griffiths.
  
  Burton delivers the angst of the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 532481
- - a customer
  - London
  - 28 Feb 2008 at 16:07
- - 0
  - 0
  A disturbing film
  
  I went to see the play in London so thought I would like to see the original film. They are both quite similar, presumably faithful to the original writing. The... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 559486
- - Anita Woods
  - London, England
  - 28 Apr 2008 at 01:17

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  Sidney Lumet directed this film version of Peter Shaffer's dramatic play, transforming theatrical symbolism into cinematic realism. Richard Burton received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance as Martin Dysert, a psychiatrist determined to unravel the disturbed mind of ...