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Journey to the Unknown (film)

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Journey to the Unknown
GenreThriller
Written byRobert Heverley
("Matakitas is Coming")
Alfred Shaughnessy
("The Last Visitor")
Directed byMichael Lindsay-Hogg ("Matakitas is Coming")
Don Chaffey
("The Last Visitor")
Presented byJoan Crawford
StarringVera Miles
Patty Duke
Music byNorman Kay
David Lindup
Country of originUnited Kingdom
United States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersJoan Harrison
Norman Lloyd
ProducerAnthony Hinds
CinematographyArthur Lavis
Ken Talbot
EditorInman Hunter
Running time86 minutes
Production companyHammer Film Productions
Original release
NetworkABC
Release11 February 1973 (1973-02-11)
Related

Journey to the Unknown is a 1973 British-American made-for-television thriller film featuring two episodes derived from the 1968–1969 anthology television series of the same name starring Vera Miles and Patty Duke, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg and Don Chaffey. The film contains the following episodes:

  • "Matakitas is Coming" (original broadcast: November 28, 1968 on ABC)
  • "The Last Visitor" (original broadcast: January 2, 1969 on ABC)

Joan Crawford is featured as hostess in a dark library setting who provides a short narration and introduces the two episodes.

Plot

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"Matakitas is Coming"

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A criminologist doing research on a dead 1920s mad serial killer named Matakitas finds herself alone and trapped inside a deserted library where, 41 years earlier, he killed the librarian.[1]

Cast

"The Last Visitor"

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A young woman on holiday at a seaside resort hotel is stalked by a mysterious prowler which Mrs. Walker, the proprietress of the resort, informs her is her estranged, psychotic husband.[2]

Cast

References

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  1. ^ "Matakitas is Coming (1968)". Archived from the original on August 18, 2016.
  2. ^ "The Last Visitor (1969)". Archived from the original on August 18, 2016.
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