---
title: 'The Skull (1965)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Freddie Francis'
released: '1965-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 82
genres:
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-skull-1965'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059727/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Skull (1965)

1965 · 82 min · Horror · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

The Skull is a 1965 British horror film directed by Freddie Francis for Amicus Productions, and starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, Patrick Wymark, Jill Bennett, Nigel Green, Patrick Magee and Peter Woodthorpe. The script was written by Milton Subotsky from a short story by Robert Bloch, "The Skull of the Marquis de Sade".

## Credits

- **Director:** [Freddie Francis](https://cinepixo.com/people/freddie-francis)
- **Screenplay:** [Milton Subotsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/milton-subotsky)
- **Producer:** [Milton Subotsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/milton-subotsky), [Max Rosenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-rosenberg)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Elisabeth Lutyens](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisabeth-lutyens)
- **Director of Photography:** [John Laurence Wilcox](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-laurence-wilcox)
- **Editor:** [Oswald Hafenrichter](https://cinepixo.com/people/oswald-hafenrichter)

## Cast

- [George Coulouris](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-coulouris)
- [Peter Cushing](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-cushing)
- [Patrick Wymark](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-wymark)
- [Patrick Magee](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-magee)
- [Christopher Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-lee)
- [Michael Gough](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-gough)
- [Peter Woodthorpe](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-woodthorpe)
- [Jill Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/jill-bennett)
- [Nigel Green](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-green)

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