---
title: 'Paranoiac (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Freddie Francis'
released: '1960-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 80
genres:
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/paranoiac-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057401/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Paranoiac (1960)

1960 · 80 min · Horror · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Paranoiac is a 1963 British neo-noir psychological thriller film from Hammer Film Productions. It is directed by Freddie Francis, and stars Janette Scott, Oliver Reed, Sheila Burrell, and Alexander Davion. The screenplay, written by Jimmy Sangster, is based loosely on the 1949 novel Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey. The film was released by Rank Film Distributors.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Freddie Francis](https://cinepixo.com/people/freddie-francis)
- **Screenplay:** [Jimmy Sangster](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-sangster)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Elisabeth Lutyens](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisabeth-lutyens)
- **Producer:** [Anthony Hinds](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-hinds)
- **Director of Photography:** [Arthur Grant](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-grant)
- **Editor:** [James Needs](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-needs)

## Cast

- [Oliver Reed](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-reed)
- [Colin Tapley](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-tapley)
- [Sydney Bromley](https://cinepixo.com/people/sydney-bromley)
- [Janette Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/janette-scott)
- [John Stuart](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-stuart)
- [Maurice Denham](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-denham)
- [Sheila Burrell](https://cinepixo.com/people/sheila-burrell)
- [Marianne Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/marianne-stone)

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