Journey to the Unknown | |
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Genre | Thriller |
Written by | Robert Heverley Alfred Shaughnessy |
Directed by |
Michael Lindsay-Hogg Don Chaffey |
Presented by | Joan Crawford |
Starring |
Vera Miles Patty Duke |
Music by |
Norman Kay David Lindup |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
Joan Harrison Norman Lloyd |
Producer(s) | Anthony Hinds |
Cinematography | Arthur Lavis Ken Talbot |
Editor(s) | Inman Hunter |
Running time | 106 minutes |
Production company(s) | Hammer Film Productions |
Release | |
Original network | Syndication |
Original release | 15 June 1970 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Journey into Darkness |
Followed by |
Journey to Murder Journey to Midnight |
Journey to the Unknown is a 1970 British made-for-television film version of two episodes derived from the 1968–1969 anthology television series Journey to the Unknown starring Vera Miles and Patty Duke, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg and Don Chaffey. The episodes – "Matakitas is Coming" and "The Last Visitor" – were originally broadcast respectively on November 28, 1968 and January 2, 1969 on ABC.
Joan Crawford is featured as hostess in a library setting who introduces the two episodes.
Directed by: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Written by: Robert Heverley
Cast: Vera Miles (June Wiley), Leon Lissek (Andros Matakitas), Gay Hamilton (Sylvia Ann)
June Wiley is a criminologist doing research on a dead 1920s mad serial killer named Andros Matakitas who finds herself alone and trapped inside a deserted library where, 41 years earlier, he killed the librarian.
Directed by: Don Chaffey
Written by: Alfred Shaughnessy
Cast: Patty Duke (Barbara King), Kay Walsh (Mrs. Walker), Geoffrey Bayldon (Mr. Jim Plimmer)
Barbara King is a young woman on holiday at a seaside resort hotel who is stalked by a mysterious prowler which Mrs. Walker, the proprietress of the resort, informs her is her estranged, psychotic husband.